—The Colts have only reached 100 yards rushing as a team twice in the last five games, and the Cowboys are one of the top run defenses in the league, ranking third at 86.8 yards per game allowed. Not accumulating much on the ground hasn't hurt the Colts much in the playaction depart...
Raimann was the third-highest-graded Colt against the Titans with an 87.4 overall grade. He was easily the Colts' best run-blocker of the day after posting an 88.8 run-blocking grade. Raimann was no slouch as a pass protector either, with his 80.4 pass-blocking grade ranking second on the...
he hasn't done much to help his case over the years. Since joining the Colts' staff back in 2022, his defense has consistently ranked in the bottom half of the league in overall defense and in pass defense. His defensive lines have always underperformed as well, ranking low in pressure r...
and the 17th best special teams. Kansas City is 7th overall, thanks to a 15th-place ranking on offense, a 9th-place ranking on defense, and the top special teams in the NFL. And while the Colts beat the Chiefs two weeks ago, I don’t put much stock in that for a couple of reason...
but Ya-Sin's second half of the season earned him a spot on PFF's All Rookie-Team. Over the Colts' second half of the season (Weeks 10-17), Ya-Sin was PFF's No. 12 overall cornerback in the NFL with a grade of 78.1, and his grade in run defense was eighth (79.7) during ...
Linebacker Demario Davis made the Pro Bowl last year but was not featured in the top 10 in fan voting -- all in a season when the Saints go into the final week ranking 30th in total defense, 18th in scoring defense, 27th in passing defense and 30th in rushing defense. Did you know?
While the New England defense couldn't stop Miami's pass attack last Sunday, the unit did do a solid job against the run, holding the Dolphins to just 65 rushing yards and a 2.7-yards-per-carry average. The return of Christian Barmore, who now has two games under his belt, has c...
While the Colts’ offense was a huge problem in 2022, finishing dead last in offensive DVOA, their defense was actually not bad, ranking 14th in defensive DVOA. The strength of this defense was probably their interior defenders, led by arguably their best defensive player, DeForest Buckner. A...
but that was more because their defense ranked 17th, allowing opponents to move the chains at a 71.52% rate. If they’re going to improve from being the roughly league average team they were last season and become a team that can go on a long playoff run, they’ll need better play on...
According to Pro-Football-Reference, the Colts are pressuring opposing quarterbacks on 24.0 percent of dropbacks, ranking 12th in the NFL. Yet they’re blitzing just 19.9 percent of the time, fourth-lowest in the league. Though the Colts defense played well in the first two years under ...