BALTIMORE — The Colts defense has been here too many times before.
Maybe not exactly like this. Maybe not with a defensive backfield quite as riddled with injury as the Indianapolis secondary ended up being at times in the fourth quarter against the Ravens.
But this is far from the first time this version of the Indianapolis defense, built by general manager Chris Ballard and coordinated by Matt Eberflus, has been victimized the way it was in a shocking 31-25 defeat at the hands of Ravens superstar Lamar Jackson.
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