INDIANAPOLIS -- It turns out Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was giving his team too much credit when he said it would need to score at least 24 points to beat the Detroit Lions.
The Colts proved that because of their defense, scoring 35 points was not even good enough to get the victory in their 39-35 loss on Sunday.
Missed tackles over and over again.
An inability to sack the quarterback over and over again.
Are you following the trend?
At this rate, Andrew Luck and the Colts' offense will have to score 40-plus points a game if they expect to have any kind success this season, because they can’t depend on their defense to help them out on a consistent basis.