Colts have 10th ranked o line after 3 weeks

[Smitto]

we are 23rd in the league in QB hits allowed through three games with 15, with that the Redskins are second worst with 23 and Eagles are last with 28 allowed

Guess things aren't as bad as we thought then

[Jules]

Well earlier today it said 10th. Now it says 12th.

Sorry guys. Top 10 sounded pretty juicy at the time.

[#12]

The pass protection was better Sunday, but outside of Luck scrambling, they couldn't run much.

[#12]

we are 23rd in the league in QB hits allowed through three games with 15, with that the Redskins are second worst with 23 and Eagles are last with 28 allowed

Some of that is due to Vick's and Griffith's style of play.

[HungarianColtsFan]

Well earlier today it said 10th. Now it says 12th.

Sorry guys. Top 10 sounded pretty juicy at the time.

To be honest I'd accept both ranking at the end of the season.

[braveheartcolt]

We are currently ranked joint 16th where it really counts. Wins & Loses.

[LJpalmbeacher2]

I think the saying goes like this:

There are lies.

There are darn lies.

And then there are statistics.

[bayone]

http://www.nfl.com/s...=true&Submit=Go

Thoughts?

Meaningless? Interesting? Relevant?

That is based on sacks if u check column of sacks u can see order ,

u can click on any column and rearrange based on another stat like yards or yrads per game or TDs and totally change order

[GoDeep]

Doesn't include the eye test, I guess.

Against Jags it was better, but before they couldn't even make a, stay with me, pocket for the QB.

[coltsfanatic24]

were ranked 10th only because luck is mobile enough to run away when there's pressure. now we are better and more athletic on the o-line from last year, but we still have a guy in justice who has given up 7 sacks in one game before.

[bavanlan]

FO puts us at #29. I'd buy that.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol

[Tark The Shark]

If only Satele played full games and McGlynn didn't have to move over, we would be doing a lot better.

10th is stretching it because Luck has helped a lot to that fact of being mobile and not staying in one place.

[Gavin]

Some of that is due to Vick's and Griffith's style of play.

yep

[jimirsaysdog]

yep

interesting. i remember when you were so critical of grigson obtaining justice and mcglynn that you used the number of sacks allowed when they were starting for the eagles as the core of your criticism. has vick changed his style of play ? despite the injuries this year the colts o-line has certainly performed much better than that of the eagles, cowboys packers and others. since the so called great howard mudd got to philly and he jettisoned justice, mcglynn, max jean-gilles and jamal jackson how have they fared ?

[Vance]

On NFL Live they showed the top 4 QBs in the league who get hit or are under duress in terms of percentage. The list went:

Michael Vick - 27.1% of the time

Andrew Luck - 27.1%

Russel Wilson - 26.1%

RGIII - 24.3%

By the way, the list was based on when the QB dropped back to pass.

[JoKeR]

Exactly. Maybe everyone's line has struggles?

[Superman]

FO puts us at #29. I'd buy that.

http://www.footballo...rs.com/stats/ol

Those numbers also suggest that Seth Olsen and Anthony Castonzo are a pretty effective tandem in the run game. We're 6th in runs off left tackle, 17th in runs off left guard. Maybe we ought to put Reitz at right guard when he comes back.

[Moose Of Woe]

On NFL Live they showed the top 4 QBs in the league who get hit or are under duress in terms of percentage. The list went:

Michael Vick - 27.1% of the time

Andrew Luck - 27.1%

Russel Wilson - 26.1%

RGIII - 24.3%

By the way, the list was based on when the QB dropped back to pass.

I'm surprised Roethlisburger isn't on that list. He's tougher than anyone else to bring down, but PIT's O-line is as horrible as ours when it comes to pass blocking. If not worse. At least they can run block to an extent whereas ours can't do ANYTHING.

And seriously, our line is the worst in the league. Bottom 3 at best.

[achcolts]

we are def not top 10. we are just really lucky that luck has great pocket presence, and can use his legs if he needs too. thats why i think the oline is ranked a lot higher than they really are

[Gavin]

interesting. i remember when you were so critical of grigson obtaining justice and mcglynn that you used the number of sacks allowed when they were starting for the eagles as the core of your criticism. has vick changed his style of play ? despite the injuries this year the colts o-line has certainly performed much better than that of the eagles, cowboys packers and others. since the so called great howard mudd got to philly and he jettisoned justice, mcglynn, max jean-gilles and jamal jackson how have they fared ?

Justice has slow feet and Mcglynn is not a starting NFL Guard(he was a Tackle in college and strength wise he is clearly outmatched on DT'S in the NFL) that has not changed and it wont plus we are 3 weeks into the season, Vick played in 12 games in 2010, through those 12 games 34 sacks was given up or 2.8 per game. When Vick went down the final 4 games the sacks per game the Eagles O Line gave up was more at 3.75, was some of those sacks do to the QB holding onto the ball trying to make a play? of course some were, but 49? Have they both shown flashes of good? sure but the good is not good enough for them to keep there jobs to this point just like it wasn't with there previous teams