The first question Daniel Jones fielded in his postgame press conference after the Colts' 40-6 dismantling of the Las Vegas Raiders produced a telling answer from the veteran quarterback.

Jones was asked if it felt nice to get an entire quarter off, as he and most of the Colts' first-team offense did in the final 15 minutes of Sunday's game. Jones acknowledged it was a good feeling, but added:

"(We) executed well with the exception of that first drive, a little bit of a slow start."

The first thing that popped into Jones' head wasn't the Colts scoring on six consecutive possessions, which tied a team record set in 2001. It wasn't a comprehensive, all-phases 34-point win – a rare margin of victory in today's NFL.

It was the Colts' offense going three-and-out to start the game.

"The result's the most important — we're judged by winning games, so that's the goal," Jones said. "But there's also gotta be an emphasis on the process and all the plays that lead up to that. And when they weren't executed well or something happened to get you off track, you address that and try to correct it moving forward. I think that's how we're going to be the best football we can be."

That sort of mentality Jones described is shared across the Colts' locker room. The Colts hadn't won a game by 21 or more points since 2021; they've now beat the Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans and Raiders by three or more scores. The Colts' 34-point win over the Raiders was their largest since 2013.

The Colts are also one of just three teams to win by 34 or more points this season. Sometimes, teams build early leads and don't continue to grow them in the second half; the Colts outs-scored the Raiders 20-3 in both the first half and then the second half.

"Having a strong first half and getting out to a big lead, and then coming out in the second half, there's no let-up," Jones said. "Guys are still hungry and ready to go. Defense jumped on them and then offensively to convert, I think that says a lot about the maturity of our football team."

And that the Colts' blowout win over the Raiders came a week after a frustrating, mistake-filled loss to the Los Angeles Rams was a sign that this team doesn't just talk about resiliency and focus; they're able to turn those words into actions, and ultimately results.

"It's next-day mentality, it's one day at a time, it's enjoy the process of getting better every day and growing as individuals," head coach Shane Steichen said. "And our guys were locked in all week. I thought we had a hell of a week of practice, and to see it come to fruition here on Sunday, just hats off to all the guys and all the coaches."

Jones completed 20 of 29 passes for 212 yards with two touchdowns and a passer rating of 113.0. He's completed 71.3 percent of his passes to begin the season; that's the second-highest completion percentage a Colts quarterback has had in the first five games of a season in team history behind only Peyton Manning's 73.5 percent clip to begin 2009.

And Jones is only the fourth quarterback in Colts history to have a passer rating over 100 in the first five games of a season (105.1), joining Manning (2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010), Andrew Luck (2014) and Jim Harbaugh (1995).

Running back Jonathan Taylor punched in three touchdowns, Jones did not take a sack and the Colts went six-for-six in the red zone after struggling at times inside the 20 this season.

Defensively, defensive end Laiatu Latu and cornerback Mekhi Blackmon both had interceptions; defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, defensive ends Tyquan Lewis and Samson Ebukam and linebacker Zaire Franklin all notched sacks. The Colts were able to pull away thanks to their defense forcing a punt, an interception and a turnover on downs in the third quarter.

And, because this was a full three-phase win, linebacker Segun Olubi's blocked punt in the second quarter set up the Colts' second touchdown of the game.

"We were pissed off from last week," wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr, who caught his fourth touchdown of the season on Sunday, said. "We felt like that game kind of got away from us, and we made a lot of our own mistakes that helped us lose that game. And credit to them, because they played a good game and they got a bunch of great players too — I mean, Matt Stafford was incredible — but we just really felt like we missed something there, and we put in a lot of effort toad focus on everything that we did wrong, and we wanted to come in here and fix that. And I think we did."

Safety Cam Bynum saw the same thing permeate the Colts' mentality leading up to hosting the Raiders on Sunday.

"The ability to not take a loss too hard – coach said it really well in the beginning of the week, don't let one loss beat you twice," Bynum said. "That was really the whole tell of this week — after that Monday meeting, when we re-watch the film from last week, that game was scratched, we were completely on to the Raiders. And after tomorrow, this game is completely scratched, and Tuesday, Wednesday and on, it's on to Arizona."

And that on-to-the-next mentality comes with a focus on fixing mistakes while not fixating on successes. Even in a 34-point drubbing, there were mistakes.

As Daniel Jones was quick to point out.