Coming off of their bye week, where do the Indianapolis Colts rank in these key metrics ahead of a crucial Week 15 matchup with the Broncos?
Stats certainly aren’t the be-all-end-all, and as we all know, the game of football isn’t played on paper. All metrics should be taken with varying degrees of salt because there is context and nuance that goes into all of this.
And while we need to be mindful of both positive and negative trends that can occur over a multi-week sample size, which could potentially impact how the current week’s game unfolds, we are also 13 games into the 2024 season. At this stage of the game, there is a large enough sample size at hand to where these stats generally tell us who this Colts team is relative to the rest of the NFL.
While this article could be endless given all of the stats and metrics that are out there to measure a team’s performance, in an effort to be concise while still highlighting pertinent information, I boiled down my stat selection to the basics of football: run game performance, passing game performance, pressures, turnovers, third down and red zone success, and points.
So coming out of Week 11, here is where the Colts stand in those key categories with the help of Team Rankings and Pro Football Reference.
| Stat | Ranking | |
| Points per game | 20.5 | 22nd |
| Points per game allowed | 22.9 | 18th |
| Yards per rush | 4.4 | 12th |
| Yards per rush allowed | 4.6 | 21st |
| Yards per pass attempt | 7.0 | 20th |
| Yards per pass attempt allowed | 7.1 | 27th |
| Pressure rate allowed by OL | 22.6% | 20th |
| Pressure rate by defense | 23.8% | 11th |
| Turnover differential | -2 | T16 |
| Third down conversion rate | 36.7% | 23rd |
| Defensive third down conversion rate | 45.3% | 29th |
| Red zone success rate | 55.0% | T17 |
| Defensive red zone success rate | 56.0% | 17th |