The Colts settle into a pattern: The defense carries them through much of a game, but offensive line issues ultimately prove difficult to overcome.
Another week set up another chance at a fourth-quarter comeback for Matt Ryan. This time, his offensive line caved in. Bernhard Raimann gave up sacks on the final two drives. Quenton Nelson was getting pushed around. Will Fries got flagged for a false start that made a 4th-and-long basically a 4th-and-impossible.
The Eagles adjusted quickly from there, employing more base defense on early downs, and the Colts offense stalled immediately. This was a tough matchup for Indianapolis because Philadelphia is so talented in the secondary and so deep on the defensive line that it can live with cornerbacks on islands on the outside to suffocate the run. And the Colts offense, outside of cutting down on the turnovers, did not look much different than it did prior to firing two offensive coordinators.
The downside is that Alec Pierce isn't quite having the surge he had earlier in the season. Some of that was lost to Parris Campbell's emergence, and Campbell had another good game with five catches for 67 yards on six targets. But it's also a function of an offense that isn't going to air it out often when Ryan doesn't have the interior protection to step up and fire the velocity needed for Pierce's signature fade routes.
The problem with the pass rush is that with Kwity Paye and Tyquan Lewis out, the Colts don't have enough players performing at a level to get the double teams off of DeForest Buckner, even when he bounces to the edge. Yannick Ngakoue did have his best game as a Colt, but his strip-sack came when the Eagles chose to double team Grover Stewart and leave a back in to take him 1-on-1. This is a void that should be filled by two second-round picks in Dayo Odeyingbo and Ben Banogu.
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