If Bean had any doubts about what he could do before, they were gone after that.

“I feel like every time, Bean gets better and better,” wide receiver D.J. Montgomery said. “Each snap, it’s like he gets better and better, and more comfortable.”

Bean isn’t the most vocal guy when he’s out on the field – Montgomery said he’s still “in his shell” a little bit – but that doesn’t mean his presence goes unnoticed – not by a long shot.

“(His confidence) radiates, we all feel it,” Scott said. “Everybody feels the energy, we feed off each other. That’s the game, it’s a team game, and that’s kind of how it has to be. And it’s good to see that, feel that, even without words being said.”

It’s not just Bean’s persona on the field that helps build the Colts up, though. It’s also what he can do with a football.

“I feel like Bean can do a lot of everything,” Montgomery said. “He can run, he can pass. It’s good to have a mobile quarterback.”

With starters resting after joint practices earlier in the week, Bean had his time to shine Saturday night. He played for the final four-and-a-half minutes of the second quarter, the entirety of the third quarter and a couple minutes of the fourth quarter.

Bean rushed for 14 yards and threw for 94 yards with a completion percentage of 77.8 percent in his time on the field. He was also not afraid to hand off the ball to his running backs – Scott was a prime beneficiary of this, scoring his first NFL touchdown with Bean at the helm – and is willing to do “whatever the coaches need” when he’s out there.

“He made a ton of plays,” head coach Shane Steichen said. “Two touchdown-scoring drives, had the big fourth-and-one conversion, had a big third-down conversion. It was exciting. He did a lot of good things for us today for sure.”

Bean’s versatility and willingness to do whatever his coaches need from him is a great quality for him and arguably an even better asset for the Colts.

“That opens the game up for us, we open the game up for him,” Scott said. “So it’s just a win-win situation, and you’ve gotta love win-win situations.”

Win-win situations are especially nice when they actually end in a win. So, with a victory and his first NFL touchdown under his belt, Bean has one more chance next week during the Colts’ joint practice and preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals to prove what he’s capable of. And he’ll go into it with confidence.