FULL ARTICLE: Better, Worse or the Same: Stacking Up NFL Teams’ Progress in 2020 by NFL Nation, ESPN
MOST VALUABLE INTEL: The Colts addressed major weaknesses in their WR core and RB committee
With each NFL franchise’s newest set of rookies, free agents, and personnel changes, football fans are pondering the future of their respective teams. ESPN’s NFL writers provided an evaluation for select franchises that have improved, gotten worse, or stayed the same following the 2020 offseason. The Indianapolis Colts are one team that expects to be drastically better both offensively and defensively in the upcoming season.
In addition to bringing in veteran QB Philip Rivers, the Colts replaced TE Eric Ebron with TE Trey Burton, then drafted WR Michael Pittman Jr. (34th overall) and RB Jonathon Taylor (41st overall). The receiving corps and backfield, which already featured WR T.Y. Hilton and RB Marlon Mack respectively, are extremely underrated heading into 2020 as they will be complemented by one of the league’s most stout O-Lines. ESPN further breaks down how certain teams will perform this winter by considering their 2019 regular-season and 2020 offseason success.