INDIANAPOLIS – When Ted Monachino looked at his starting defense during June’s minicamp, he might have needed to check his roster.
Not one defensive starter at the 2017 minicamp was in the starting lineup in Week One of last season, when Monachino made his debut as an NFL defensive coordinator.
Any final judgments on the ’17 Colts defense will occur starting on Sept. 10 in Los Angeles.
For now though, Monachino has seen one obvious change.
“I will tell you we’re different,” Monachino says. “I know that we’re bigger, we’re younger, we’re stronger.