Sometimes it is better if one's favorite team simply gets blown out, and the awfulness begins early in the game. Close losses, such as the one the Indianapolis Colts suffered against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 4, are far worse. The team could have won except for a couple of heartbreaking plays.
Both were from wide receiver Adonai Mitchell. The second-year player, who hasn't accomplished much in his short career yet, blew the game. Would Indianapolis be 4-0 had Mitchell not done two specific things? Maybe. Taking him out of the game would obviously alter reality.