Colts' Shane Steichen points to familiar problem after Cowboys loss

The Indianapolis Colts had a fourth-quarter lead and a chance to end their losing streak Sunday. They still left Lucas Oil Stadium with another defeat. After a 27-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, head coach Shane Steichen pointed to a problem that stretched across his team. “We got to execute better a

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The Indianapolis Colts had a fourth-quarter lead and a chance to end their losing streak Sunday.

They still left Lucas Oil Stadium with another defeat.

After a 27-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, head coach Shane Steichen pointed to a problem that stretched across his team.

“We got to execute better as a whole,” Steichen said in a postgame clip shared by WISH-TV.

"We got to execute better as a whole."#Colts head coach Shane Steichen on the biggest issue in the loss to the Cowboys: pic.twitter.com/6lW13cRyT5

— WISH-TV News (@WISHNews8) November 8, 2026

Indianapolis fell to 2-7 with its fifth consecutive loss. The Colts rallied from a 20-10 deficit and took a late lead on Spencer Shrader’s 50-yard field goal.

The mistakes came on both sides of the ball.

Jonathan Taylor lost a fourth-quarter fumble

at the Dallas 18-yard line. Josh Downs dropped a third-and-8 pass with 1:45 remaining, leaving Indianapolis to settle for the go-ahead field goal.

“We were trying to win the game there,” Steichen said, via Colts.com.

The defense then surrendered a 46-yard completion from Dak Prescott to Ryan Flournoy against Sauce Gardner.

Dallas scored the winning touchdown with 1:10 left.

Those plays gave Steichen examples of the execution problems he described. The Colts had opportunities to build a lead, keep a drive alive, and make a late stop.

Each slipped away in a game they lost by four points.

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Colts' Shane Steichen points to familiar problem after Cowboys loss