INDIANAPOLIS — The man DeForest Buckner displaced on the Colts defensive line has been on a mission the first two weeks.
Denico Autry is still here in Indianapolis. He’s just shifted out to the edge for most of his snaps, back to defensive end, the position he played in college at Mississippi State and in his first four seasons with the Raiders.
But it hasn’t mattered much where the Colts have lined him up the first two weeks; he’s taken 56 snaps at defensive end and 25 at defensive tackle. Autry has been a key component of an Indianapolis pass rush that has produced the NFL’s best sacks per pass attempt (15.