Colts’ Week One: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Published: September 13, 2009

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... zero.  There was a lot more good in this game than bad or ugly from the Colts' perspective, even though the score was a lot closer than the team would have preferred.  Division games are never easy, but with this victory the team gets a head start and begin the year on top of the AFC South.

 

The Good

The team defense looked vastly improved from last season, even though the Colts were without their best defensive tackle, Ed Johnson, and arguably their best overall defensive player, Bob Sanders.

The team gave up 228 yards of total offense to the Jaguars, and held bowling-ball running back Maurice Jones-Drew under 100 yards rushing for what seems like the first time in franchise history. 

David Garrard was under heavy pressure from both the Colts' front four and Larry Coyer's aggressive blitzes. The Jaguars' QB completed only half of his passes for a meager 114 yards.

The Colts proved very capable of gettin...

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