Not on the practice field Wednesday for the Indianapolis Colts was defensive end Kwity Paye.
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The reason for his absence is not known at this time, but the first injury report of the week will be released later this afternoon and will provide us with some insight.
Paye is coming off an impressive Week 1 performance against the Houston Texans. He finished the game producing three pressures, according to PFF, which included a sack and a quarterback hit on CJ Stroud.
By ESPN’s pass-rush win rate metric, which measures how many times a pass rusher is able to win his rep within 2.5 seconds, Paye ranked 10th among all defensive ends in Week 1, winning 31 percent of his pass-rush reps. Paye also did this while being double-teamed 20 percent of the time.
Contributing to Paye’s early success is what he called a “great” offseason, where he worked out four or five times a day, losing 15 pounds overall, while still adding muscle in the process.
That ability to consistently win as a pass rusher coupled with Paye’s early down usage as a run defender would create a very well-rounded presence at the defensive end position.
The Colts will face the Packers in Week 2, and while the team is preparing to face Malik Willis and not Jordan Love, this is a Green Bay offense that comes with a lot of fire power with Josh Jacobs at running back, and a litany of dynamic options in the passing game.