INDIANAPOLIS — Production, Ryan Grigson has always been taught, is something not to be overlooked, whether a prospect gets the job done a place like the University of Alabama or, in Edwin Jackson’s case, at Georgia Southern.
So while Jackson is certainly a young, up-and-coming piece within the Indianapolis Colts’ defense, Grigson, the team’s general manager, is confident the 24-year-old can step up his game for at least the next four games, when starter and leading tackler D’Qwell Jackson serves his four-game suspension that was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
“He’s a guy that just busts his butt and goes out there, and his energy is palpable, the way he plays,” Grigson said of Edwin Jackson Tuesday in his weekly appearance on 1070 The Fan’s “Colts Roundtable Live.