Stampede Blue
Jones is giving the Colts exactly what they needed, and even more, from the quarterback position. He is completing a high percentage of his passes, with a 71.3% completion rate, keeping the ball moving, taking excellent care of the football with just a turnover-worthy play rate of 2.8%, and constantly hitting the open guy. Indiana Jones is enjoying a career resurgence with an excellent supporting cast around him, and away from the blinding New York spotlight. The Colts’ front office should already start figuring out a contract that keeps him here.
Leading the league in total touchdowns and rushing yards, Jonathan Taylor is enjoying the best start to a season in his entire career. He is an MVP candidate at this point, and the biggest reason why the Colts offense is dominating. He has also improved a lot in both pass protection, posting an 84.9 pass-blocking grade according to PFF.com, and catching balls out of the backfield, adding 16 receptions for 133 yards and a touchdown, already equaling what he did last season. There is nothing more you could ask from a running back that Taylor is not already excellent at.
Michael Pittman Jr. is also enjoying the best start to a season in his career, especially regarding the scoring area, where, through just five games, he is two touchdowns away from his career high. MPJ is a much better fit with a quarterback like Daniel Jones, and he has established himself as his favourite red zone target. Alec Pierce has missed two games with a concussion, but before that he was still being used as the deep threat in the offense, averaging 19 yards per catch. Josh Downs had his best game against the Raiders, and is amazing at moving the chains, always an important quality for a receiver. The one disappointment in this group has been Adonai Mitchell, who in the game against the Rams cost the team the win after inexplicably dropping a ball before scoring, and then drawing a holding flag that negated what would have been a 53-yard touchdown run by JT.
Tyler Warren leads all NFL tight ends in receiving yards, is second in first downs, and ranks 8th in run-blocking for tight ends with more than 50% of possible snaps. There is not much more you can ask from him, especially keeping in mind that tight ends usually struggle a bit coming out of college. For comparisons sake, Colston Loveland through three games has just amassed 3 receptions for 43 yards.
The offensive line has been solid for the Colts once again, with two new starters in Tanor Bortolini and Matt Goncalves. From left to right, Bernhard Raimann has continued his emergence as a top left tackle in the NFL, though he did struggle against the Rams but overall has had a really good year. Quenton Nelson has missed a...
