Burrow hits against Colts

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(10-19-2020, 02:12 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Wasn't Indy's defense #1 or #2 coming into this game, and yet Burrow still almost threw for 300 yds again?

As I mentioned late last week, Colts have been doing all their damage up front; despite having good LBs, they don't blitz them or use them in coverage too well, rather they rely on the line to generate a ton of pressure and force the QB to make mistakes.

In keeping with that line of thought, they don't blitz much at all, as we saw yesterday.

Which makes me think of something; maybe the line isn't as bad as we thought? Hart is awful at pass blocking, but we have really only struggled in pass pro against teams that blitz (Browns, Eagles, Ravens), while the line was mediocre against the Chargers, good against the Jags and deceptively good yesterday.

So when we see the coaches boosting the oline guys, is it because they actually are doing well during practices, but struggle when a wrinkle is thrown-in in game situations?

That still falls back onto coaching and having the right guys executing, but it makes me think...