INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts, the team that wants to Run the Damn Ball so badly that it wears the motto on top of its head, hasn’t lived up to its billing this season.
A top-10 rushing attack last year emerges from its bye week ranked 28th on the ground overall and dead last in the NFL in yards per carry despite bringing back all five starters on the offensive line.
From the outside looking in, the only major change is at running back, where rookie Jonathan Taylor was forced to slide into the role of bell cow when returning 1,000-yard rusher Marlon Mack went down with a torn Achilles tendon early in the season opener.