The Indianapolis Colts (1-1-1) pulled off the upset win Sunday by taking down the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (2-1) by a rating of 20-17 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Week 3.
In what might be a turning level within the season, the Colts got here out and confirmed they nonetheless have that fireside. Even down a number of key gamers, the Colts have been capable of string collectively sturdy protection with some well timed performs on offense. They even obtained some assistance on an important penalty from defensive sort out Chris Jones on the ultimate drive.
Right here’s a have a look at the snap counts on offense, protection and particular groups from the Week 3 win:
Offense
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WR Parris Campbell performed 82% of the snaps whereas rookie WR Alec Pierce performed 45%. Nevertheless, the rookie vastly outperformed Campbell on Sunday. A swap could also be so as quickly.
RB Nyheim Hines logged his highest snap share of the season at 45%.
TE Mo Alie-Cox led the room in snaps for the primary time this season. The snap share for Kylen Granson fell to 42% whereas rookie Jelani Woods made essentially the most of his career-high 16 snaps by grabbing two touchdowns, together with the go-ahead rating.
Protection
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A change at security could have been made. Rookie S Nick Cross performed only one defensive snap whereas veteran Rodney McLeod performed 100% of the snaps on protection.
Rookie S Rodney Thomas II wound up taking part in 81% of the snaps after Julian Blackmon left with an ankle harm.
After not taking part in a single defensive snap by way of two weeks, CB Isaiah Rodgers logged 24 snaps on Sunday.
The line of defense rotation remained the identical with Tyquan Lewis serving because the fifth participant. In the meantime, Dayo Odeyingbo’s snap share appears to have steadied across the 20-25% vary.
Particular Groups
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LB E.J. Velocity (74%), CB Tony Brown (70%) and LB Grant Stuard (65%) led the way in which on particular groups.
TE Kylen Granson solely performed seven particular groups snaps however that included recovering a muffed punt on the primary drive and downing a punt on the one-yard line on the subsequent drive.
Two of Matt Haack’s three punts have been downed contained in the 20-yard line as he averaged 51.7 yards per punt. In the meantime, Okay Chase McLaughlin was good on his two field-goal makes an attempt and extra-point makes an attempt.