Shake does his thing with a look at what’s wrong with the run game. A++++.
Two areas in which the Colts run game struggle massively is in breaking runs beyond 10 yards, which can be attributed largely to Addai’s style of play and Brown’s struggle to keep his home run abilities on the field last year. The Colts ranked 29th in “Open Field” yards, yards gained beyond the first 10.
The other area, which falls largely on the blocking is a consistent inability to keep defenders out of the backfield. The Colts had over 1/5th of their runs go for 0 or negative yardage, the 6th worst figure in the league at 22%.
So really the net effect is the same. The Colts need better blocking and a healthy season from Don to be successful on the ground, but the real area for improvement is not short yardage running as the popular narrative suggests. Two key plays and the Colts style put the short yardage struggles stamp on the team, but looking at their success in those situations as a whole it’s seriously overblown.
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