The Colts' Defense, 2023 Season

[Discflinger]

Horseshoe Heros is just click bait anyways. I stopped falling for it last season.

[Pez]

Some love for the defense this year, I did not expect this unit to perform this well.

There was a lot of love saturday for Watt and his production, and he is certainly playing at a higher level with 16 on the year. The Steelers 4 sack leaders have 16, 6, 3, 3 sacks for a total of 28.

The colts sack leaders are Ebukam (9.5), Odeyingbo (8), Paye (7.5), and Buckner (6) for a total of 32.

The colts as a team rank 3rd in sacks, 4th in interceptions, and 3rd in forced fumbles. We've forced 20 fumbled and recovered 18 of them.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

https://horseshoeheroes.com/posts/is...y-01hhjax693xv

Are people really this dumb? This team is on the verge of setting the franchise sack record with a secondary full of rookies. Talented, promising rookies, yes, but rookies nonetheless. Did anyone expect the defense to perform well statistically this year? I didn’t, especially against the pass. The way Ballard constructed the roster, it looked like he wanted to take the lumps to develop a promising secondary going forward. That has more or less happened, with the hope being that JuJu Brents can be more healthy going forward. If you fire Bradley now, you remove the system that those players fit, and you completely start the process over. Hopefully the front office is smart enough to know how stupid that idea is.

There is a fire Bradley and the defense sucks mentality going around social media and I am not sure where it is coming from.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

There is a fire Bradley and the defense sucks mentality going around social media and I am not sure where it is coming from.

I don't want Bradley fired. But he is the anti-Steichen. If we are going to have a risk taking damn the torpedoes offense, then the defense at some point would have to show some of those same characteristics.

I believe that is what Steichen would want.

I realize this season is not ideal for that with a not very talented back end. But hopefully we have the pieces next season to see a little more aggressive.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

I don't want Bradley fired. But he is the anti-Steichen. If we are going to have a risk taking damn the torpedoes offense, then the defense at some point would have to show some of those same characteristics.

I believe that is what Steichen would want.

I realize this season is not ideal for that with a not very talented back end. But hopefully we have the pieces next season to see a little more aggressive.

I think as the secondary gets more experienced, we'll see more risk taking. Bradley was the DC of the Legion of Boom defense, and when he had Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, and Kam Chancellor, his defense was 1st in the league in points allowed, 5th in turnovers forced, and 4th in redzone conversion rate. Brents and Jaylon Jones have shown a lot of signs of being very good boundary CBs, and IMO Julian Blackmon should be the Colts' #2 offseason priority (right behind Michael Pittman Jr.). If this group is kept together, I think 2024 will be a very good year for the Colts defense.

[Colts And Orioles]

o



(TAKEAWAYS)


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Jacksonville Jaguars ) 25

Indianapolis Colts ) 24

Denver Broncos ) 24

Buffalo Bills ) 24

Cincinnati Bengals ) 23

Cleveland Browns ) 23

Chicago Bears ) 23

Miami Dolphins ) 22

New Orleans Saints ) 22

New York Giants ) 22

Pittsburgh Steelers ) 21

Dallas Cowboys ) 21

Baltimore Ravens ) 21

Minnesota Vikings ) 20

Tampa Bay Buccaneers ) 20

Houston Texans ) 20

New York Jets ) 19

Seattle Seahawks ) 19

Las Vegas Raiders ) 19

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Green Bay Packers ) 16

Arizona Cardinals ) 15

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Philadelphia Eagles ) 15

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Washington Commanders ) 15

New England Patriots ) 14

Tennessee Titans ) 12

Los Angeles Rams ) 12

Carolina Panthers ) 11

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[albany ed]

Colts and Orioles - I feel I must apologize to you for debate about the offense vs. defense in the success of the Colts this year. The defense has far out performed the offense in leading this team to a potential playoff appearance and the number of takeaways is the major reason.

You were right, I was wrong.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by albany ed

Colts and Orioles - I feel I must apologize to you for debate about the offense vs. defense in the success of the Colts this year. The defense has far out performed the offense in leading this team to a potential playoff appearance and the number of takeaways is the major reason.

You were right, I was wrong.

o


Ed, if I had a nickel for every time that I was wrong I'd be a millionaire, and if I had a dime for every time that I was wrong I'd be a multi-millionaire.

No need for apologies ...... I'll settle for a cold bottle of Gatorade if we ever get together to watch a Colts game here in New York State.

o

[Colts And Orioles]

o


The Colts' defense has played 943 snaps, tying them with the Seattle Seahawks for the most in the NFL )

That statistic might make one think that the Colts have been awful on defense ...... but statistic almost always need to be scrutinized before making presumptions.


SOURCE: ) Stephen Holder, ESPN Sportswriter

o

[apballin]

Defense has been great and with Juju they’re even better

We matchup great vs the run heavy falcons I’m excited to see this matchup