MIAMI GARDENS, FL – Bray Lynch’s cigar smelled like celebration, and it must have tasted like victory, because the Indiana offensive lineman savored each puff.

In between triumphant draws, Lynch considered a question.

How will he remember Fernando Mendoza’s fourth-down touchdown run?

“That,” Lynch said, “might be the best moment of my life. It’s up there, for sure.”

Elsewhere in the locker room, Charlie Becker lit up at mention of Mendoza’s 12-yard run.