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Originally Posted by sherck
Possibly, one of the most important things for the team to figure out during the bye week is their offensive line protection. It is night and day different from the first eight weeks to the last two weeks.
Need to get that figured out.
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They faced two of the best pass rushing teams that have the second and third highest blitz rate in the NFL and still put up an average of 25.5 points per game. Most teams don't have the pass rushers to pull off what the Steelers and Falcons did, and it didn't even work all that well. If the Colts hadn't had 3 fluke turnovers against the Steelers, they likely score 30 and win that game as well. If the Colts face any more teams with 3 quality pass rushers and ~40% blitz rates, I'll be concerned about the pass protection. Otherwise, I'll assume the first 8 weeks of the season were more informative of the pass protection we can expect than the last two.