Joe Flacco leads the Indianapolis Colts to another embarrassing loss to the Buffalo Bills

After a roller coaster first half, the Buffalo Bills were leading the Indianapolis Colts, 20-13. The inconsistent performance from quarterback Joe Flacco left fans furious, with boos easily heard as he took the field at the beginning of the game, and then several times after. The Colts are coming off a two-game losing streak, and their performance during the first half of this game had some very low lows, and very high highs. The second half was their chance to reset and bring home a win over the heavily-favored Bills.

The Colts received the ball in the second half, and it was an immediate bust for the offense. Jonathan Taylor ran for just one yard, Flacco was sacked, and then tackled - leading them to go three and out. Quarterback Josh Allen took over with the Bills, but their drive ultimately went nowhere, and they were forced to punt. The Colts got the ball with very poor field position, at the five yard line. But Flacco had two completions to Adonai Mitchell, both for first downs, and then launched a bomb to Alec Pierce, bringing them to the Bills' 40 yard line.

Unfortunately, that promising drive was cut short when Flacco fumbled the ball, and it was recovered by the Bills. At this point in the third quarter, Flacco had three turnovers.

Yet the roller coaster continued on, as Allen immediately threw an interception of his own, with Kenny Moore II getting the pick. When Flacco and the Colts got the ball back, Flacco nearly got picked off again. He was able to get a completion to Josh Downs, but they were still short of the first down, and at 4th and inches, head coach Shane Steichen elected to go for it. Flacco had time, but he was ultimately sacked, giving the Bills the ball on the 30 yard line.

Allen made numerous good passes, driving the offense down the field through the end of the third quarter. They failed to convert on 3rd and one, and opted to go for it on fourth down - successfully getting through to the fourth down. Oddly, though no flag was thrown, Dayo Odeyingbo could be seen repeatedly punching Allen in the helmet. Despite being in the end zone, the Bills fell short of a touchdown, and went for a field goal instead, making it a 10 point game.

As for Odeyingbo, analyst Tiki Barber said that despite no penalty being called, he can expect to find himself in some hot water later.

Flacco came back out onto the field with the offense, and started off the drive with an 11-yard completion to Josh Downs. He made another competion to Adonai Mitchell, but then followed it up with yet another interception, his fourth turnover for the day. This time, his pass - intended for Alec Pierce - was just too high, and it was easily picked off.

The Bills offense took over deep in Colts territory, and Allen got heavy pressure, but managed to scramble away. A holding penalty put them back at 2nd and 19, and once again, when Allen couldn't connect with anyone, he ran it in himself, this time for the first down. This drive the Bills took their time, eating up the clock, making it to the end zone with just over four minutes left in the game.

Ultimately, Bills running back James Cook easily ran it in for a touchdown, even flipping his way in, putting the Bills up 30-13 with just three minutes left to go.

Flacco tried driving down the field in a last-ditch effort to somehow salvage the game, getting a 23-yard deep pass to Pierce, but he was sacked for the fourth time with less than a minute and a half to go. He made several more completions, but with just :20 to go, it was all but meaningless. He connected with Pierce for a touchdown, and the score at the end of the game was 30-20.

The Colts are now 4-6. Head coach Shane Steichen and Flacco both should be feeling nervous after this; Flacco is 1-3 in games he's started for the Colts. The entire reason Steichen benched his young quarterback was because Flacco offered a better chance at winning - but if anything, Flacco's performance has shown that not only can he not win, but that these games could very possibly have been won with a quarterback like Richardson that had more of an ability to run and make explosive plays.