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ArticleWhat went wrong on defense against the Ravens?
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The Colts failed to recognize Flowers in the backfield on this play below… I'm hoping that by week 8 or so this Indy defense will start to recognize things like Zay Flowers aligned in the backfield, because expecting it before about midway through the season seems unreasonable based on today.
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Colts' Week 1 defensive confusion gave Flowers a schematic edge that may persist through mid-season.

Zay Flowers exploited a defensive recognition gap against the Colts in Week 1, aligned in the backfield in a way Indianapolis failed to identify pre-snap. The source notes the Colts defense looked disorganized and hopes by Week 8 the Indy defense will start to recognize Flowers in such alignments, implying Flowers' schematic advantage and usage flexibility created a mismatch that should persist until mid-season defensive adjustments take hold.

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