Remarkably the passing stats did not look great for the secondary this week. 36 attempts by the Cards for 332 yards.
however there was the one INT and the QBR (if you like that stat) decreased from 65.7 for Goff the week before to 45.8 for Palmer.
I agree though I like the way the secondary is looking. Once Davis is back, I think it will be strong and I like what I have seen from Wilson, Hooker, Farley so far. They made mistakes but they will get better
What really hurt this past game was the two dropped INTs, one by Wilson and one by I forget, almost identical, short passes in the flat around the opponents 20 yard and if they get those, like they run them in for scores. Even one of those plays made and the Colts win the game.
Even more encouraging, look at the rushing stats so far for the Colts D:
58 rushes for 146 yards, average 2.5 yards per carry, which is 3rd in the league, and maybe most important the long run is 12 yards, though they did call back one long run by the Cards on a holding call, were bailed out and it just looked bad by the team.
In general though the D I think is going to be solid EXCEPT the LBers. That is still going to be the problem. over the middle pass coverage, pass rush.
Wilson and Hooker both made some great plays this past game. The long TD, just a great pass and catch. Hard to cover much better.
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