It's 17:15 on Sunday evening, as I begin writing this post. The Colts versus Vikings is one of the four games on my NFL GamePass Multiview screen. It's the only fixture I'm focused on right now.
I'm sitting here with a smile on my face.
To tell this story, I have to go back a bunch of seasons. It was a Sunday following our clocks having to be moved back and I was sat at my computer a little after 5pm. I received a message from my friend, Vicki, with something along the lines of 'TAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
My first thought was 'what have I done?' so I asked 'yeah?' but - before Vick could reply - I realised my error: the games had kicked off at 5pm instead of 6pm.
I had missed Jonathan Taylor scoring the first touchdown in the Colts' game.
We reminded each other of that mess up a few times over the years. I recalled it once more on Sunday morning realising there likely won't be another chance for Taylor to score one of those early Sunday touchdowns for the Colts. There's a strong chance he could end up moving to a new team ahead of the trade deadline in a few weeks.
As I thought more about it, over my KFC lunch, I decided I would have a punt on Taylor to score the first TD once I returned to my room.
I fired the laptop up, and headed over to Bet365 to check out the odds. An opening touchdown for Taylor was 17/4. I initially thought I'd gamble a fiver, but - noticing the odds - I had to put £8 on. Why? Well, because that meant £34 profit - the exact amount of our KFC Sunday lunch.
The game started off with the Vikings on offense. The Colts held them. Taylor eventually ran in a thirty-eight yarder in the visitors' opening drive.
What a result. Potentially the last time I'll ever bet on Jonathan Taylor as a Colt. A wager which was many years in the making.
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