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There were several factors that played into the ' 24-17 win over the on Monday night. Indianapolis' poor clock management on the game's final drive was certainly one of them.With 3:52 to go, the Colts moved from their own seven-yard-line to the Steelers' 37-yard-line by the two-minute warning. Still armed with all of their timeouts, the Colts picked up a first down when hit for a four-yard gain on the first play after the two-minute warning.Ryan was sacked on the next play by but declined Fred VanVleet Jersey to use a timeout, which resulted in 36 seconds coming off the clock. The Colts declined to call a timeout again after Ryan ran for 14 yards on the next play, resulting in 29 additional seconds coming off the clock before Indianapolis took its next snap.With 30 seconds left, the Colts finally called a timeout after was stopped for no gain on third down. The Colts walked off the field with two unused timeouts after Ryan's fourth-down throw to was broken up by , securing the Steelers' win. "I thought we had plenty of time," Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday said of the Colts not calling a timeout following Ryan's run. "We still had timeouts. I wasn't really concerned. When he was going down, I couldn't tell where they were going to mark Ryan Jose Calderon Jersey from going down. ... I expected us to get on the ball and have another play a little Pascal Siakam Jersey bit quicker than that."This wasn't a pre s for time. We just didn't make enough plays." Some very poor clock management on the final po se sion for the . This is just a bad sequence. Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) Like Saturday, Ryan thought that the spot of the ball following his run played a factor in the Colts' clock mismanagement. The veteran quarterback thought his run merited a measurement.Had the officials given Ryan a first down, he would have had those timeouts in his back pocket with four downs to work with. Unfortunately for him and the Colts, it didn't work out that way, as the officials determined that he slid several yards short of the sticks. "I thought I was maybe a little bit closer than where they spotted it," Ryan said, "but that's neither here nor there. ... I don't mind the call." on a moving clock with 3 timeouts and down 7 pointsthe only thing the Colts did between 1:36 and :34 was take a sack and a QB scramblewithout calling a single timeout Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) The Colts had rallied back from a Toronto Raptors Jeresy 16-3 deficit to take a 17-16 lead entering the fourth quarter. But similar to last Sunday's lo s to Philadelphia, the Colts were unable to keep their lead in the fourth quarter. Pittsburgh, despite losing running back in the first half to an injury, took the lead for good on backup running back two-yard touchdown run. The Steelers received an inspired effort from rookie quarterback , who picked up his first road victory.While it was a big win for Pickett and the Steelers, It was another tough lo s for the Colts, who dropped to 4-7-1 and 1-2 since Saturday took over as interim head coach. "It's disappointing," Ryan said. "It really is Dewan Hernandez Jersey . I think the effort is good, but our execution hasn't been good enough."