The Colts Defense, Pass Rush and Garbage Time

Colts are bottom 5 in pass yards allowed but…

We’ve blown out five teams. Titans twice, Raiders, Chargers and Dolphins. Game was over at the half. I won’t count any of that against the defense. It’s all fluff.

Let’s factor in pass production in the Broncos and Cardinals game as the Rams game speaks for itself.

Nix in the 2nd half went 8/13 86 yards and a INT. (No Latu, No Ward, Howard playing)

Brissett went 18/25 203 and 2 TDs. (No Ward, Only Started 3 CBs)

Also don’t forget Jacoby played better the next week vs the Packers.

Take that away and we’ve allowed nearly 1k of our passing yards in garbage time!!!

​Now regarding the pass rush, here are some stats…

5th in Sacks

1st in Pressures

5th in Pressure %

3rd in QB Knockdown %

1st in QB Knockdowns

5th in Hurry %

All that productive while being bottom 10 in Blitz and Blitz %

We play who we play, we’ve been injured to hell and back in the secondary and we are still producing week over week

There no true ELITE defense in the league but the production of our defense, with proper context, is pretty damn good.