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'You have to have enough time': Why Colts aren't taking downfield shots in passing game

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INDIANAPOLIS — The numbers don’t lie.

The Colts offense has stopped pushing the ball down the field in the passing game.

Indianapolis completed 22 passes of 20 yards or more in the first six games of the season. The Colts have completed just nine passes of 20 yards or more in the last five.

The chief reason is simple and obvious.

“You have to have enough time,” starting quarterback Matt Ryan said. “To be able to do some of the things you want to do, to push the ball down the field. We just haven’t been consistent enough throughout the year.