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They keep moving parts—too bad the scoreboard stays the same. The poor offensive line play, a wave of penalties, and several dropped passes. It all concludes the embarrassing gameplay of Shane Steichen’s Indianapolis Colts against the Detroit Lions. If it were any other team, they’d probably be making some big changes by now. But the Colts? They’ve already switched things up a bunch—and they’re not done yet.

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Well, the offensive line play was rough, and the Colts management knows it all too well. And it’s not just the rookies—veterans like Quenton Nelson and Braden Smith were struggling out there too, with 3 and 1 penalties, respectively. That’s the reason coach Steichen will look at possible changes in the offensive line for the next game.

As per Athletic’s James Boyd, when asked about the offensive line, Steichen said, “Yeah, we’ll look at the offensive line. We’ll look at everything. But again, I got a lot of faith in those guys. Man, they’re gonna keep battling like crazy. We’ll be fine.” We get it, Steichen. We’ll be keeping an eye on the offensive line too.

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But let’s not forget the QB Anthony Richardson. Out of 28 passes, he completed around 39% of them and gained 172 yards in the game against the Lions. But it’s where the struggles of the front five with protection and dropped passes come. So, it wouldn’t be fair to put all the blame on the QB for the loss. I mean, the Colts have previously let go of him and where did that bring them — back to him?

However, other than the line’s performance issues, the Colts are dealing with a spectrum of problems. I’ve got a funny one for you: with 6 tight ends on the roster, you’d think they’d have it all figured out by now — but you’re wrong.

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Tight End problems for Shane Steichen’s Colts

A four-month-old press conference of Colts’ general manager Chris Ballard came into the limelight on social media where he is addressing the team’s tight end problems. Well, of course, that should not be a problem for any team that has 6 or 7 TEs on the roster.

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But the thing is, the Colts’ TEs have managed to rack up just 299 receiving yards between week 1 and week 12, which is the lowest compared to any other team this season. We are now in week 13 of the regular season and somehow both the tight ends and the offensive line is bothering the Colts. But the team’s GM has opposite beliefs.

Do we have really good players at the group? Yeah got it,” said Ballard when asked about the 6 TEs the team has. But the results say otherwise, Chris! The Colts are at 5-7 and with the TEs problems and Shane Steichen looking for the changes, they’ve got a long road ahead. Let’s see what the Indianapolis Colts come up with in week 13 against the New England Patriots.

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