Indianapolis Colts find their next defensive game-changer

Indianapolis Colts v New York Giants | Luke Hales/GettyImagesIf you trust Pro Football Focus (subscription required) grades, Indianapolis Colts’ safety Nick Cross had a pretty miserable Week one performance against the Miami Dolphins. Maybe the fourth-year player out of Maryland just knew his efforts weren’t all that necessary against an overmatched Dolphins squad, and was saving himself for Denver in Week 2.

OK, NFL players don’t think like that. Or at least, they’re not supposed to. I didn’t think Cross was quite as ineffective in Week 1 as the PFF analysts did, but that’s water under the bridge. I will be interested to see how they rate him in Week 2 because, to my eyes, he was making…