The Indianapolis Colts are wickedly good at something that’s dreadfully bad: turning touchdowns into touchbacks.

For the second time in nine months, a goal-line gaffe by the Colts proved costly in a road loss when wide receiver Adonai Mitchell botched a potential 76-yard TD catch against the Rams on Sunday when he lost control of the ball at the 1 and fumbled out of the end zone.

Mitchell was about to put the Colts (3-1) back in front when he was racing down the sideline in the third quarter. With no defender nearby, he started to reach the ball out as he neared the goal line, bobbled it and frantically tried to corral it before it trickled out of the end zone for a touchback.

“It was a matter of losing focus, and, you know, just a play that just can’t happen,” Mitchell said after the

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