We've all had a night to sleep off the Colts poor outing in Pittsburgh, now lets talk about why the season isn't over

This loss won't sink the Colts, it might even make them better

After this loss, the Colts now sit at 7-2 through nine weeks, a record I think fans would have been ecstatic with before the season began. The team still sits in first place in the AFC South and first place in the AFC due to current tie breakers. Would a win have been better? Of course, this loss does not doom the Colts' 2025 season. This isn't me saying yesterday's performance wasn't an issue; the team got outplayed in multiple facets. All good teams have these types of games happen, though the grey teams find a way to learn from them and make it a positive in the long run. 

Some said yesterday, “The Steelers just gave the rest of the NFL the blueprint on how to beat the Colts.” I struggle not to laugh at that notion because the facts of that game make that nearly impossible. First of all, there aren't many teams that even come close to how dominant the Steelers ' defensive line is, which is the most significant factor in the Colts' offensive struggles in Week 9. A Colts team with only four total turnovers through the first eight weeks had six vs. the Steelers. If there is a game plan on how to force that many turnovers weekly, make sure to let me know because not a single defense in the NFL is putting up those numbers. 

Even after turning the ball over six times, the Colts lost this game by a whopping seven points. This Colts team is unlike years past, and the reaction in the locker room shows that. They were, of course, upset about the loss, but each player, but they didn't have the sense of defeat that past Colts locker rooms would show after a poor outing. They fully believe they are one of the NFL's best teams and have shown it for most of the year. They say they are going to learn and grow from this loss, and if they do, no one is going to care about how bad they looked in Week 9 of the season when it's all said and done. Their first chance to get right will be Week 10 as they travel to Germany to take on the Atlanta Falcons before their bye in Week 11.