Colts' Defense vs Bills' Offense One of the most confounding things to this admittedly amateur fan is this: why do the colts blitz the cornerbacks or safeties from out wide in short yardage situations when the other cornerbacks play soft coverage? Let take a typical Colt corner blitz situation this season. 3rd and 4. The Colts send Tyrone Poole on a blitz from the right side, Jason Belser shifts to cover Poole's assignment but plays 5 yards off as does Jeff Burris on the left side. The result: QB sees the blitz coming since Poole has so much ground to cover just to get to the QB let alone make a play. Having read the blitz, the QB immediately shortens his drop back and throws to his hit receiver, one of the wide receivers, who is open since the cornerbacks are running up to cover. I can count well over 10+ third down situations where this blitz has been called and the opponent has converted. That's 10 drives which might have been stopped if the Colts' defensive scheme didn't allow such easy completions. I do not doubt that defensive coordinator Vic Fangio knows a lot about defensive schemes than me. But what is abundantly clear to those of us in the stands is that this particular group of players is not well suited to this scheme. It is certainly fair to say that the Colts may well need a new group of players to execute it consistently. Until the Colts defense shows even a glimmer of life for 60 full minutes, the advantage will go to whomever the Colts play. Advantage:
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