INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — For the second consecutive week, the Indianapolis Colts found a way to come out on top on their way to a 2-0 record.
Last week, it was manhandling the visiting Miami Dolphins from the jump. Then, on Sunday against the Denver Broncos, it was scratching and clawing from the time the clock started until it ended, winning on a field goal as time expired, 29-28.
Numerous Colts stepped up significantly, several of them even achieving personal and franchise-based milestones along the way.
The "Crunching Numbers" series is reserved weekly for acknowledging milestones and achievements reached by the Colts and their individual players after each game. The following achievements by the Colts were provided postgame by Colts Communications, unless listed otherwise.
STAT LEADERS
- Passing: QB Daniel Jones (316 yards)
- Rushing: RB Jonathan Taylor (165 yards)
- Receiving: TE Tyler Warren (79 yards)
- Tackles: LB Joe Bachie, S Nick Cross, DT Grover Stewart (7)
- Sacks: N/A
- Takeaways: S Cam Bynum (1 INT)
- Kicking: K Spencer Shrader (5-of-5 FG [100%], 2-of-2 XP [100%])
- Punting: N/A
- Returns: WR Ashton Dulin (2 kickoffs, 31.5 avg.), WR Anthony Gould (2 punts, 2.0 avg.)
TEAM
- The Colts are 2-0 for the first time since 2009, and it's the first time since 1960 that they have started a season with consecutive wins at home.
OFFENSE
- The Colts' offense scored points on all seven possessions in Week 1 and their first three possessions in Week 2. That makes them the first team in NFL history to score on every drive of a game (since at least 1978), and the first team in NFL history to score on each of their first 10 offensive possessions of a season. Dating back to last season, the Colts scored on 11 straight possessions, which is tied for the most by any NFL team since 1993.
- The Colts have yet to punt in 2025, making them the first team in the Super Bowl era to not punt in either of their first two games.
- The Colts haven't turned the ball over in their first two games, which is the first time in franchise history that they've done so.
- The Colts' 62 points through the first two weeks of the season are their most since 2010.
- The Colts' 891 yards of offense through the first two games of the season are their most to start a season since 2001 (931).
- The Colts had four players (Josh Downs, Alec Pierce, Jonathan Taylor, Tyler Warren) with 50-plus receiving yards each in the same game for the first time since Week 5 of 2021.
- The Colts' 473 net yards of offense in Week 2 are the most under head coach Shane Steichen and the team's most since Week 1 of 2022 (517).
Quarterback Daniel Jones was 23-of-34 passing (67.6%) for 316 yards (9.3 YPA), 1 TD, and a passer rating of 107.0. He also had 6 carries for 2 yards (0.3 avg.) and 1 TD.
- He had consecutive games with 270-plus passing yards for the first time since Weeks 16 and 17 of 2019.
- He had three passes of 40-plus yards, becoming just the second quarterback in the NFL in 2025 to do so (New York Giants' Russell Wilson in Week 2).
- Jones' 236 first-half passing yards were a new single-game career-high, surpassing his 197 reached in Week 1.
Running back Jonathan Taylor had 25 carries for 165 yards (6.6 avg.) and caught 2 receptions (2 targets) for 50 yards (25.0 avg.) and 1 TD.
- It was his fifth career game with 200-plus yards of offense and at least one total touchdown, tying Edgerrin James for the most in franchise history.
- Taylor is the first Colts player to have 150-plus rushing yards and 50-plus receiving yards in the same game since Marshall Faulk in Week 13 of 1998.
- This was Taylor's seventh consecutive game with 70-plus rushing yards, which is the longest active streak in the NFL.
- He passed Eric Dickerson (24) for the second-most 100-yard rushing games in franchise history.
Tight end Tyler Warren had 4 receptions (7 targets) for 79 yards (19.8 avg.). He also had 1 carry for 0 yards.
- He passed Coby Fleener (8) for the most receptions by a Colts rookie tight end within their first two career games in franchise history.
- Warren passed Fleener (98) for the most receiving yards by a rookie tight end in their first two career games in franchise history.
- Warren’s 11 receptions through the first two weeks are tied for the fourth-most among all tight ends through their first two career games in NFL history.
- He posted the highest single-game receiving average (min. 3 receptions) by a Colts rookie tight end since Dallas Clark in Week 11 of 2003.
DEFENSE
• The Colts defense has four takeaways in the first two games of the season, which is their most during that span since 2011.
Safety Cam Bynum had 4 tackles, 1 interception, and 1 pass breakup.
- It's the first time in his career he has recorded an interception in consecutive games.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker Spencer Shrader went 5-of-5 on field goals (100%), from 28, 29, 33, 36, and 45 yards, and was 2-of-2 on extra points (100%).
- It was a career-high 17 points.
Jake Arthur has been covering the Indianapolis Colts for over a dozen years and is a member of the PFWA. He's one half of the Locked On Colts podcast and has worked for the Colts' official website, On SI, and more. You can follow him on X @JakeArthurNFL.