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Insider: Carson Wentz, Colts need to get big-play dynamic back in passing game

INDIANAPOLIS — A game two other teams played the first week of the season has stuck in Frank Reich’s mind as Jonathan Taylor’s meteoric rise to stardom has made his offense more and more run-heavy as the Colts fought their way back into the AFC playoff picture.

A game played by Saints quarterback Jameis Winston. Fifteen completions. Twenty attempts.

Five touchdown passes.

The kind of game this version of the Colts offense needs from Carson Wentz.

An Indianapolis passing offense that was often explosive in the first half of the season has lost some of its spark in the second half, averaging just 6.