The Colts weren’t very good at 3rd and short
Some thoughts:
- Third and Short runs have lots of room for improvement. Almost 75% conversions is not the best way to get teams off the field. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what needs to improve, but it should be a point of improvement this year.
- Keeping with Third and Short runs, take away the first two games (11/12), the Colts were 18/27, or 66.7%. This would rank just behind the Jets, at 19th in the NFL. Hopefully Coyer and the defense figured out what they were doing wrong, and corrected it. I’d take stopping 1 of every 3 short yardage run all day and twice on Sunday.
- Want to know how important First and Second downs are to the Colts defense? Just look at the Pass percentages for each distance: not very good for anything 7 yards and under, but excellent in 3rd and Long. You think a pair of Defensive Ends have something to do with this?
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