Last season ended with the Colts having one of the best offensive lines in football. But they need to keep that up if they want to get to a Super Bowl.
Andrew Luck was one of the most hit quarterbacks in football before last season. He was constantly playing behind terrible offensive lines. It eventually caught up with him, and he missed all of 2017 with a shoulder injury that was a direct result of that poor O-line play.
Last season, things shifted. Upper management made an investment in the offensive line. They drafted two in the first two rounds and signed another to start from free agency. While Matt Slauson eventually got hurt, they replaced him with Mark Glowinski, and he played great.
By the end of the year, the Colts had allowed the fewest sacks in all of football. That was a huge difference from just two years earlier when Luck was getting blasted every time he stepped back to pass. He didn’t end up on his back, and it kept the Colts offense running well.
Sacks are drive killers too. If you get sacked, you’re behind the chains and your odds of making a first down plummet. The Colts knew they had to fix that if they wanted to win more games. They have done so, and need to continue to do so into 2019 and beyond.
Nothing they have done in the last couple of years would lead you to believe anything otherwise. They will be investing up front for years to come so they can keep their franchise guy protected.