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Yes but you should look at the way the D played situationally though, it shouldn't be dependent totally on the offense to me. Let me explain. 4th qtr. of Jaguars game, the D didn't make the stop and limit the Jaguars to a FG, down 21-24. Flash forward to this game. It was not like Minshew and the O was keeping possession to dominate it (it was 36-32 overall in TOP) to keep them fresh. YET, the D was scrappy and did not allow the game to get away. They could have, but they didn't. That is why the O stayed in the game and was able to win it for us. All those years with Peyton, that was always my complaint with the Colts D. Ravens with Flacco, Steelers with Big Ben, Patriots with Tom Brady, it didn't matter if their QB turned it over, their D was scrappy, blitzed and made it hard for the other team to cash in on a mistake by the offense. However, with Peyton's D, we were soft, except for 1 AFCCG where we made stop after stop to give Peyton the ball back enough times to make a dent. But when the D kept making stop after stop in the 2008 Chargers Sproles playoff game, Peyton and the O stunk it up. Football is truly a complementary game. Giants shutting down the Patriots' offense when it mattered most, in a low scoring SB to prevent their perfect record or shutting them down in the 2011 SB in Indy in the entire 4th qtr. when it mattered most or the Patriots' D doing the same vs Seahawks in 2014 SB 4th qtr. are perfect examples of the D keeping the O alive in the game till the QB can give them a good drive or two. The Colts just played a thorough complementary game vs the Ravens last Sunday, like the scrappy Ds I have always yearned for, seeing the Ravens and Steelers over the years. That is the part I am most proud of. Can they reproduce that scrappiness over the course of the year, despite the O going through lulls at times? That will determine a lot. -
Team PFF scores:(positional rank) (week 1-3) Top 10 Improvement from last week Decline from last week Bottom 10 Offense: QB: Richardson - 49.3(27/32), 55.3(29/33), 55.3(30/33) Minshew - 44.3(NR), 71.6(16/33), 58.4(29/33) Ehlinger - (NA), (NA), (NA) RB: Moss - (NA), 63.6(30/51), 62.3(33/54) Hull - 65.7(NR), 65.7(NR), 65.7(NR) Funk - 63.5(NR), 63.5(NR), 63.5(NR) Sermon - (NA), (NA), 49(NR) Taylor - (NA), (NA), (NA) WR: Pittman - 69.4(30/110), 63.1(65/113), 67.7(48/111) Pierce - 49.7(100/110), 51.3(102/113), 54.5(96/111) Downs - 55.8(78/110), 64.7(57/113), 65.5(57/111) McKenzie - 59.1(NR), 67.6(NR), 63.6(NR) Winfree - 54.1(NR), 54.1(NR), 54.1(NR) TE: Cox - 53.3(40/63), 58(34/65), 54.6(43/69) Granson - 61.6(27/63), 56.6(39/65), 51.1(51/69) Ogletree - 68.2(NR), 68.2(NR), 68.4(NR) Mallory - (NA), 88.3(NR), 88.3(NR) Woods - (NA), (NA), (NA) OT: Raimann - 71.5(13/65), 76.9(11/71), 78.3(10/67) Smith - 70.4(16/65), 74.9(15/71), 62.9(35/67) Freeland - (NA), (NA), (NA) OG: Nelson - 70.9(14/65), 65(22/71), 60.4(35/76) Fries - 55.4(42/65), 74.4(6/71), 65.5(22/76) Sills - 58.6(NR), 58.6(NR), 48.4(NR) Hambright - (NA), (NA), (NA) OC: Kelly - 70.6(8/32), 82.8(1/33), 82.8(1/35) French - (NA), 46.6(NR), 43.3(35/35) Defense: DE: Paye - 74.1(27/106), 75.8(29/107), 69.8(43/112) Ekubam - 54.6(82/106), 63.9(59/107), 74.1(36/112) Dayo - 58.3(72/106), 48(97/107), 51.3(96/112) Lewis - 55.6(79/106), 55(88/107), 58.7(81/112) Martin - 65.8(NR), 80.4(NR), 71.4(NR) DT: Buckner - 92.5(1/127), 88.2(6/124), 74.9(27/128) Stewart - 90.2(3/127), 87.8(8/124), 85.5(9/128) Bryan - 63.1(63/127), 65.3(46/124), 68.3(40/128) Johnson - 61.0(74/127), 62.7(54/124), 49.6(101/128) Adebawore - (NA), (NA), (NA) LB: Leonard - 66.3(37/73), 72.4(27/79), 58.6(61/77) Franklin - 92.2(2/73), 79.9(13/79), 68.7(31/77) Speed - 94.8(1/73), 82.3(8/79), 61.4(52/77) Stuart - (NA), 60(NR), 56.7(NR) CB: Baker - 44.8(87/92), 32.6(97/98), 32.6(104/105) Flowers - 53.6(69/92), 59.6(60/98), 65.5(42/105) Moore - 57.3(62/92), 64.3(39/98), 69.2(33/105) Jones - 60.0(NR), 60(NR), 60(NR) Brown - 78.3(NR), 78.3(NR), 78.3(NR) Brents - (NA), (NA), 87.6(NR) S: Blackmon - 53.6(64/79), 61.6(54/79) 61.7(54/85) Thomas - 43.8(72/79), 50.8(72/79), 44.5(81/85) Cross - (NA), 60.5(NR), 61.1(NR) Denbow - (NA), (NA), (NA) K: Gay - 63.5(NR), 68.2(NR), 90.4(NR) P: Sanchez - 60.9(19/29), 64.9(14/29), 66(18/32) Notes: We have the 1st and the worst Center's Grover holding tight in top 10 Raimann moved up into top 10 Had (3) top 30 LBs after last week, this week (0) Ekubam keeping his upward trajectory, moved to top ranked Edge on team after 3 weeks. Top 3 WRs all improved overall season grades Bottom fell out on Speed and Smith this week. -
By SOMDColtsfan · Posted
I don't know if this makes sense but when a defense looks like they have more players on the field vs the offense, its always been a sign of a good defense. They swarm to the ball. The Colts defense meets the eye test in that. -
No, that was Sam, IIRC. AR was knocked out earlier in the game. -
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