Predicting the Colts’ starting defense in Week 1

Predicting the starting defense for the Week 1 opener.

The Indianapolis Colts have just a weekend between them and the preparation for the Week 1 matchup against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium.

With training camp and the preseason officially over, the Colts trimmed the roster down to 53 players. If you need a reminder of what that resulted in, we have an updated look at the roster entering the weekend.

We also took a look at predicting the starting offense for the Colts in Week 1.

Now, it’s time to take a look at the starting defense for the regular-season opener using the nickel as the base package: