Indianapolis Colts by the Numbers: Week 5 Defensive Stats

Every week, I will present a summary of some basic and advanced stats for the Colts performance relative to the league. Thanks to Pro Football Reference, NFL.com and the nflSCrapR project for being awesome sources of weekly data.

Traveling to Foxborough on a short week was a test for the Indianapolis Colts defense. They responded by giving up 3 TDs and a field goal on the first 6 defensive drives.

Surrendering a a 79% DSR is not good, not good at all.

Look at the TD drives in the first half and notice how the Pats did it; long sustained drives. These were not drives composed of explosive plays from defensive mistakes. These were death by a thousand cut drives. These are the kind of drives that…