All-22 Analysis - Evaluating the Colts Defense

After watching the Colts crumble to an appalling defeat a week earlier, the performance on Sunday against the Vikings was uplifting. Hope flickers where negativity and pessimism once stood, and that can only be a good thing. While there were positives to take from both sides of the ball, I'm going to focus primarily this year on our defense, leaving offensive questions to those more capable and better suited.  Sunday's defensive performance included the traditional - Antoine Bethea making form tackles, Robert Mathis harrying opposing tackles - and the new, with younger contributors and free agent veterans doing their part to ensure a victory. I hope to exhibit both positives and negatives throughout the year in a similar style to my '5 Plays' pieces, which you may have seen either here or elsewhere previously. What can you expect? Game-tape breakdowns of plays that I deem significant, with a natural inclination towards splash plays and turnovers.   We begin on t...