I took the liberty of changing the way this series is framed, because I was realizing that Steichen not only did not give much material for the bad decisions section featured before, but also because it was getting too nitpicky in my opinion and was not a fair reflection on the Colts’ head-coach. So, for this season and the future, I will instead grade Steichen’s (and his coaching staff) performance in offense, defense, special teams, and overall.
Offense
Judging Steichen’s offensive playcalling and schemes this season was always going to be difficult after rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson went down with a season ending shoulder injury, but what he has done with Gardner Minshew has been nothing short of spectacular.