The Colts' Defense, 2025 Season
 

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(vs. DOLPHINS, 9/07)


The Colts' defense was pitching a shutout until their were less than 7 minutes to play in the 4th quarter ...... in fact, it was 4th down-and-goal when the Dolphins finally broke through with a TD that got them on the board.

TOP was overwhelming in favor of the Colts (38:43 to 21:17), as were the number of plays-from-scrimmage (70 to 46) ...... the Colts' defense was resting a lot throughout the game, while the Dolphins' defense was laboring heavily throughout it.

At the start of the 4th quarter with the game already well-in-hand, the Dolphins had 74 yards passing ...... you read that correctly, 74 yards passing.


On the other side of the ball, the Colts' offense had 7 possessions, and scored on all 7 of them (3 TD's, 4 FG's.)



Possessions: llllllllllllllllllllllllllt 7

INT's: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.. 2

Fumbles: llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1

Punts: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. 1

Turnover On Downs: llllllll.) 1

Clock Ran Out: llllllllllllllllllll.) 1

TD's: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll., 1

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Finally, I have legit reason to like these threads of yours C&O.

What a world of difference an aggressive approach to defense makes. Suck it, Gus Bradley!

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The threads themselves are/were inert. It's the Colts' defense that you didn't like.

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it can be both

Not to mention that the refs missed a delay of game on their scoring drive. I believe that play was a chunk play as well.

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Good point, and thanks for saying that.

That said, it's usually heavily weighted on how the defense plays. If the defense has a great season, the annual defense thread is going to be overwhelmingly liked by the team's fans. And if the team's defense is horrible, the thread is not going to be at the top of the team's fans' Christmas list.

It's somewhat similar to baseball, when fans argue and complain about the team's color commentator. When their team goes 97-65 for the season, there will almost always be much less complaining about said commentators than when the team goes 65-97. When the team goes 97-65, even if the team's color commentator does suck, most fans will either be too busy celebrating the team's success to care much about it or will laugh off the color commentator's suckage as comic relief in anotherwise joyful season. When a team goes 65-97, the pitchforks and fire come out for everybody from the players to the coaches to the color commentatrors to the guy selling soda in the upper deck of the stadium.

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Let's give DB coach Chris Hewitt a shout out as well. This was underrated big get to improving the DB room.

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(vs. BRONCOS, 9/14)



TD


PUNT


TD


TD


PUNT


TD


PUNT


INT


MISSED FG

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(vs. TITANS, 9/21)



Possessions: llllllllllllllllllllllllllll 9

INT's: llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll... 1

Punts: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. 1

Turnover On Downs: llllllll.) 1

Missed FG's: llllllllllllllllllllllllll.. 2

TD's: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll., 2

FG's: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll., 2

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(vs. RAMS, 9/28)



FG

Turnover On Downs

FG

TD

Punt

Punt

Punt

Punt

Fumble Recovery

TD

TD

Clock Ran Out

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I was exceedlingly pleased that going into the 4th quarter, the Rams only had 13 points. The defense, while allowing quite a bit of yardage to be gained, had really keep their scoring in check.

Alas, it appeared to me that the defense was gassed in the 4th, that the Rams studied and took advantage of what we are offering to them and scored 14 points to win the game.

I thougth the defense played well. If not for two TDs negated by AD Mitchell, we would have won going away.

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All 4 of these punts occurred in the 4th quarter.


Strangely enough, in 1984 I witnessed an NFL record that is about as rare as it goes involving this the same franchise (the Los Angeles Rams.) Because of the fact that I live in New York State, in 1984 I got all of the New York Giants and New York Jets games on my TV. The Rams were playing the Giants. The Rams actually scored 3 safeties in one quarter ....... l 3 SAFETIES IN ONE QUARTER !!! ) :eek:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjtagxucQ6U

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