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 as a whole,” Steichen said in a postgame clip shared by WISH-TV . 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.