Colts Daily Notebook: Colts Will Continue To Address Recent Drops Issue
INDIANAPOLIS — Football is a funny game in the sense that some mistakes are crystal clear, while others require in-depth explanations.
The most casual of fans probably can’t explain exactly why a linebacker was able to get free on a blitz to get a sack, but they can see a ball bounce off an open receiver’s hands and know, quite simply, what the issue was on that particular play.
The Indianapolis Colts’ receivers have struggled at times in recent games to haul in every catchable pass thrown their way. And, because it’s so obvious when it happens during the course of a game — especially when the drops come at crucial junctures of crucial drives — the problem seems to have been magnified the last two or three weeks, especially.
Had it been an issue for one game, or maybe two, head coach Frank Reich could justify just shaking it off. But he told reporters today the drops now are “past the point of, ‘OK, that was a fluke.’”
But are the Colts hitting the panic button at this point? Absolutely not.