This has happened before, so Jonathan Newsome knows where the problem starts: With Jonathan Newsome.
“I just can’t keep giving the coaches a reason not to play me,” the Indianapolis Colts’ second-year linebacker said this week. “I’ve slipped up a couple of times and that’s on me. Gotta be a pro.”
Newsome is explaining one of the reasons for his sophomore slump. So far the Colts’ rookie surprise last season – the fifth-round pick out of Ball State led the team with 6.5 sacks – has been, by any measure, invisible. He has one sack and seven tackles in six games.