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The Colts put together a solid performance and got a convincing road win against the Oakland Raiders Sunday to head into their bye week on a two game winning streak and with renewed hopes inside the AFC South.
While injuries are still plaguing the team on defense, they are getting healthier every week, and the bye couldn’t come at a better time for them. They’ll get a chance to get whole as a team and come out blazing against the Jaguars in two weeks.
Let’s take a look at the snaps from this game and see if there is anything of note that can be gleaned from them.
Offense
# | Player | Position | Offensive Snaps | Percent | Defensive Snaps | Percent | Special Teams Snaps | Percent |
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# | Player | Position | Offensive Snaps | Percent | Defensive Snaps | Percent | Special Teams Snaps | Percent |
56 | Quenton Nelson | G/C | 78 | 100 | 6 | 23 | ||
72 | Braden Smith | G/T | 78 | 100 | ||||
64 | Mark Glowinski | G | 78 | 100 | ||||
12 | Andrew Luck | QB | 78 | 100 | ||||
74 | Anthony Castonzo | T | 78 | 100 | 6 | 23 | ||
78 | Ryan Kelly | C | 70 | 90 | ||||
13 | T.Y. Hilton | WR | 64 | 82 | ||||
15 | Dontrelle Inman | WR | 58 | 74 | ||||
84 | Jack Doyle | TE | 57 | 73 | ||||
25 | Marlon Mack | RB | 49 | 63 | ||||
80 | Chester Rogers | WR | 39 | 50 | 2 | 8 | ||
14 | Zach Pascal | WR | 28 | 36 | 15 | 58 | ||
21 | Nyheim Hines | RB | 28 | 36 | ||||
81 | Mo-Alie Cox | TE | 25 | 32 | ||||
45 | Ryan Hewitt | TE | 21 | 27 | 12 | 46 | ||
85 | Eric Ebron | TE | 17 | 22 | ||||
67 | Evan Boehm | G | 8 | 10 | 6 | 23 | ||
20 | Jordan Wilkins | RB | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | ||
62 | Le'Raven Clark | G/T | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | ||
7 | Jacoby Brissett | QB | ||||||
86 | Erik Swoope | TE | ||||||
11 | Ryan Grant | WR | ||||||
33 | Robert Turbin | RB | ||||||
71 | Denzelle Good | T/G |
Notes
- What a nightmare this offense must be for defenses to attempt to deal with. Eric Ebron was on the field for 17 snaps. He had 3 catches for 37 yards and a touchdown. Mo-Alie Cox had 25 snaps and had 1 catch for 26 yards. Except it was a highlight reel touchdown. Nyheim Hines was in the game just barely more than a third of the offensive snaps. He gashed the defense for 78 yards on the ground. It is tough to remember a time a Colts team got such great production off the bench.
- With the exception of Kelly, this is another week where the offensive line played nearly the whole game together. That continuity thing is real, and this line is just going to get better and better down the stretch. If the Colts can give Andrew Luck another dangerous receiver this offense is going to be terrifying to behold with the kind of clean pocket he is getting.
- T.Y. Hilton had far and away the most snaps of a receiver, but just 1 catch on 5 targets. While the Colts have done well spreading the ball around, they need Hilton to have a bigger impact on the offense. Ultimately, they are at their best when Hilton is torching secondaries.
- They didn’t really ease Jack Doyle into the game at all, did they? 57 offensive snaps indicates he was at or very near 100%. His biggest impact came late in the game, but it was great to see him back on the field.
Defense
# | Player | Position | Offensive Snaps | Percent | Defensive Snaps | Percent | Special Teams Snaps | Percent |
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# | Player | Position | Offensive Snaps | Percent | Defensive Snaps | Percent | Special Teams Snaps | Percent |
26 | Clayton Geathers | S | 50 | 100 | 1 | 4 | ||
53 | Darius Leonard | LB | 50 | 100 | ||||
23 | Kenny Moore II | CB | 49 | 98 | 11 | 42 | ||
92 | Margus Hunt | DT | 45 | 90 | 10 | 38 | ||
35 | Pierre Desir | CB | 45 | 90 | 8 | 31 | ||
93 | Jabaal Sheard | DE | 43 | 86 | 4 | 15 | ||
50 | Anthony Walker | LB | 41 | 82 | 9 | 35 | ||
95 | Denico Autry | DT/DE | 41 | 82 | 4 | 15 | ||
34 | Mike Mitchell | S | 32 | 64 | ||||
32 | Arthur Maulet | CB | 28 | 56 | 13 | 50 | ||
99 | Al Woods | DT | 26 | 52 | 6 | 23 | ||
57 | Kemoko Turay | DE | 24 | 48 | ||||
36 | Corey Moore | S | 18 | 36 | 20 | 77 | ||
90 | Grover Stewart | DT | 16 | 32 | 10 | 38 | ||
44 | Zaire Franklin | LB | 10 | 20 | 8 | 31 | ||
49 | Matthew Adams | LB | 9 | 18 | 16 | 62 | ||
27 | Nate Hairston | CB | 9 | 18 | 5 | 19 | ||
97 | Al-Quadin Muhammad | DE | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
30 | George Odum | S | 1 | 2 | 20 | 77 | ||
31 | Quincy Wilson | CB | 11 | 22 | ||||
52 | Najee Goode | LB | 20 | 77 | ||||
59 | Carroll Phillips | DE | 19 | 73 | ||||
28 | Chris Milton | CB | 15 | 58 | ||||
29 | Malik Hooker | S | ||||||
91 | Hassan Ridgeway | DT |
Notes
- The Colts’ defense saw its fewest snaps all season on Sunday, a testament to the effectiveness of the offense at controlling the time of possession.
- Quincy Wilson and Nate Hairston both saw diminished snaps. Wilson with 11 and Hairston with 9. They had 39 and 27 respectively last week. Meanwhile, Arthur Maulet had 28 snaps behind only Desir and Moore.
- The safety position continues to be a mess with Mike Mitchell getting 32 snaps before sustaining a calf injury and Hooker missing the game. Core Moore attempted to fill in alongside Geathers, but it wasn’t pretty and he definitely looked like a 3-4th string backup.
- Despite not looking 100%, Denico Autry played 41 snaps. Margus Hunt played 45, and Sheard played 43. The loss of Jihad Ward, as well as having Ridgeway out has changed this defensive unit from one that relied on heavy rotation to a group that is a bit more top heavy. Injury has clearly impacted their effectiveness, a factor that hopefully is resolved by getting healthy over the bye week and getting rookie Tyquan Lewis back.
Special Teams
# | Player | Position | Offensive Snaps | Percent | Defensive Snaps | Percent | Special Teams Snaps | Percent |
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# | Player | Position | Offensive Snaps | Percent | Defensive Snaps | Percent | Special Teams Snaps | Percent |
2 | Rigoberto Sanchez | P | 15 | 58 | ||||
4 | Adam Vinatieri | K | 6 | 23 | ||||
46 | Luke Rhodes | LS | 7 | 27 |