The Indianapolis Colts entered the season asking a lot from their first- and second-year players. The team has gone from the oldest in the NFL to one of the youngest very quickly under Chris Ballard and the plan to develop “home grown” players internally has been in full effect. Some of these young players have played so much this season that it almost doesn’t feel like it is fair to call them rookies. They’re slowly progressing into NFL veterans and the first- or second-year jitters seem mostly played out of their systems.
The only concern now is if the team starts to see young players hit that rookie wall.