INDIANAPOLIS — There were so many snapshots to take away from the night, so many moments when the Jets inflicted their will on the Colts, hit them in the mouth, chased the golden-boy quarterback, Andrew Luck, all over the floor of Lucas Oil Stadium.

But this is the one that will carry the day:

The football in Brandon Marshall’s hands, a flag having already been thrown because the Colts couldn’t cover him all night without tripping, grabbing, clutching and pulling at him. Three defenders surround him. Already, Marshall had made the play the Jets so badly needed. Already, they were going to be set up, first-and-goal.

But Marshall wanted more. He wouldn’t fall. He kept grinding his legs, started carrying the trio of Colts with him, somehow keeping his cleats on the proper side of the sideline even as the last line of defense was to shove him sideways.

“He plays big-boy football,” Todd Bowles, the Jets’ coach, would say.

Yes. Let that stand as the signature of this 20-7 Jets victory over the Colts. Let that stand as the valedictory for a night when the Jets had five takeaways (to go along with the five they got last week against Cleveland) when old friend Darrelle Revis had a pick and two fumble recoveries, when the offensive line didn’t allow the Colts to lay a finger on Ryan Fitzpatrick, when Fitzpatrick played efficiently and effectively.

Let that stand as the way the Jets want us to think of them as a team.

That they all play big-boy football.

“The name of the game is turnovers and keeping the score down,” Bowles said. “They were going to make some plays, we were going to make ours. We just made more than they did tonight.”

Yes: The league’s history books are littered with teams that looked like a combination of the ’72 Dolphins and the ’86 Bears after two weeks, and like the ’14 Columbia Lions by December. If you are a Jets fan, you can quote chapter and verse from seasons that started on a rocket-booster high and descended into the abyss. It’s good to keep perspective.

But it’s also fine to be excited with what you’ve seen from these Jets after 120 minutes of season. It’s good to watch Marshall laugh off double-teams and make plays, to see Fitzpatrick coolly deliver him the ball. And it’s better to watch the way this defense ball-hawks opponents. It took the Jets 17 weeks last year to collect a paltry 13 turnovers. They’re at 10 already. It’s OK to say it. They’re legit.

“When you see what the defense does,” Fitzpatrick said, “it makes you want to go out there and match them.”

That didn’t quite happen, which is one reason why it was 10-7 and not 24-7 when Luck found Donte Moncrief for a 26-yard scoring pass with 10:07 left in the fourth quarter. That sparked the stadium, ignited the first real energy burst of the night for the home team, and you could almost see Fitzpatrick cursing himself for not cashing in on earlier opportunities.

Almost.

Because instead of dwelling on what he hadn’t done, he gathered the players in the offensive huddle at the start of the next drive and focused on what they were about to do.

“Confidence,” he would say, describing the mood in that meeting. “Knowing what we needed to do. And knowing we could do it.”

They did it, starting with an immediate 12-yard slant to Marshall, ending with the 15-yarder to Marshall that ended with him piggybacking a hoard of Hoosiers to pay dirt. That did it. That kicked the Colts in the shins and kicked the plug out of the wall. The locals walked — actually, they ran — to the exits. Nothing more to see here.

Unless you happen to root for the Jets, of course, in which case you can’t wait to see more, can’t wait for Sunday, when the Eagles come to East Rutherford, can’t wait to see Sam Bradford try to figure out Bowles’ sprawling, crawling defense. Can’t wait to see what else lies ahead for a team that has to be labeled one of the great surprises of the league so far.

Best of all? Listen to Bowles.

“It’s a good win, but it’s only win No. 2. We’re nowhere we want to be,” he said, “but the trick is to win while you’re getting there.”

Funny. Apparently it’s not a law that you must instantly guarantee the world after a terrific win. It’s OK to stay humble while you’re getting there. Imagine that.