One bad game of run D and the Colts are done? They had no trouble with Chris Johnson last year, guy.
This week, with Foster leading the charge, the Texans excelled in all metrics against the Colts. Thanks to Foster’s big-play element, Houston averaged 1.4 OFY (open field yards) per carry. In 2009, only Chris Johnson and Tennessee were better. The Houston offensive line was ripping huge holes in the Indianapolis defense, to the tune of 1.6 Second-Level Yards per carry. Last year, no team blocked that well over the course of the season. Most terrifying was their efficiency — a whopping 77 percent of the Texans’ carries gained meaningful yardage. In our database going to 1993, the season record for Success Rate is 63 percent. The Houston run game was about as close to unstoppable as you’re likely to see.
There are two sides to every line, and it must be said that Foster and company were not facing the 1985 Chicago Bears. The Colts’ defensive line was just 20th in SLY last year, but Indy was 11th in OFY. That made Sunday’s game especially troubling. The Colts’ Cover 2 defense is designed to prevent big plays, but it failed against Houston. With Foster joining Chris Johnson and Maurice Jones-Drew as AFC South home-run threats, Indianapolis will need to tighten its run defense in a hurry.
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