As importantly in the Colts’ offense, Addai continued to be one of the league’s best pass blockers, as well as a reliable threat out of the backfield, catching 51 passes for 336 yards and three touchdowns.
“He’s certainly been a guy that’s helped us quite a bit,” Colts Head Coach Jim Caldwell said. “I mean when you watch Joseph, first of all you have to consider a number of things. At that particular position they have to do a lot.
“Number one obviously he has to be able to run the football and run it effectively when given the opportunity and I think he’s been able to do that. I think you can see Joseph, when he gets on a roll he’s got the quickness and speed to be able to find gaps and holes and get in those cracks. Number two, he has to be able to pass protect. That’s one of the things that I think often times is under estimated about the job that he does. We do a lot in terms of our protection schemes. We do quite a bit in terms of requiring him to certainly know a lot just in terms of different looks he has to adjust to so on and so forth. (QB) Peyton (Manning) depends on him to be where he’s supposed to be. Joseph does a tremendous job in that area.
“Then, you couple that with the fact that he also is a pass receiver in our scheme. We certainly like to be able to get him out on routes. Sometimes we flex him outside wide in an empty back field. He’s a guy that has to be able to catch and run after the catch, that’s extremely important. And he’s shown the ability to do all those things. He’s an extremely valuable guy for us.”
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