No team wants to start the season with a loss.
But starting off with a 24-0 deficit in an eventual 27-14 whooping against the Buffalo Bills is particularly alarming, at least at face value. This was a sentiment that owner Jim Irsay reiterated after the game, as noted by the Indianapolis Star's Zak Keefer:
Jim Irsay: "We definitely didn't expect to start out down 24-0... (Today was) a big disappointment."
— Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) September 13, 2015
Local media was aghast at the team's showing in Buffalo, using the performance to complain about the Colts being the same old Colts.