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| 13th January, 2008 - 11:12 am |  ESPN - For a second straight year, the Indianapolis Colts' special teams units have been anything but special, and the poor performance of the kick coverage groups during the regular season definitely will prompt changes for Sunday's divisional-round game against San Diego.
Coach Tony Dungy acknowledged during the week of preparation for the matchup with the Chargers that Indianapolis will field "the best coverage units that we can have out there," and that they will include "the usual suspects."
Translation: two or three defensive starters will pull double duty on Sunday running down under kickoffs and punts.
"It's the playoffs, and you have to be ready to do whatever it takes to win, and in every aspect of the game," said third-year veteran cornerback Marlin Jackson, who is in his first season as a starter but who has contributed on special teams in the past. "It's kind of like 'all hands on deck' time, you know?"
The Indianapolis special teams were certainly dicey again in 2007, surrendering three kickoff returns for touchdowns and one punt return for a score. In 2006, Colts' opponents had a combined three touchdowns on kickoff and punt runbacks. [READ] |
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