Up next for the Colts is a road matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars, where Indianapolis hasn't won a game in over a decade.
The Jaguars will enter this game at 4-2, while the Colts are 2-5 and have begun selling ahead of the Nov. 10 trade deadline. So who has the advantage, and where, in key areas of this game?
When looking at this week's matchup, as we know, the game is not played on paper. However, where these two teams rank in these key statistical areas could provide us with some valuable insight into where the Jaguars may have the upper hand in this game and also where they may not.
It's also important to keep in mind early on in a season that these numbers can be skewed to a degree, given the small sample size.
With so much information
out there nowadays, I did my best to boil this article down to the need-to-know statistics for this matchup that do still carry a lot of weight.
With help from Team Rankings and Pro Football Reference, here is how the Colts match up stat-wise with the Jaguars.
Indianapolis Colts
- Points per game: 22.0 (T20)
- Points per game allowed: 25.7 (23rd)
- Yards per rush: 4.1 (17th)
- Yards per rush allowed: 4.8 (28th)
- Yards per pass attempt: 5.8 (28th)
- Yards per pass attempt allowed: 7.1 (23rd)
- Pressure rate on QB: 17.7% (T31)
- Pressure rate allowed on QB: 22.8% (19th)
- Turnover differential: -9 (32nd)
- Third-down conversion rate: 39.8% (13th)
- Defensive third-down conversion rate allowed: 30.0% (4th)
- Red zone success rate: 60.0% (T14)
- Defensive red zone success rate: 60.0% (T16)
Jacksonville Jaguars
- Points per game: 25.7 (9th)
- Points per game allowed: 17.3 (3rd)
- Yards per rush: 4.1 (20th)
- Yards per rush allowed: 3.2 (1st)
- Yards per pass attempt: 8.0 (5th)
- Yards per pass attempt allowed: 7.8 (29th)
- Pressure rate on QB: 23.6% (13th)
- Pressure rate allowed on QB: 20.4% (10th)
- Turnover differential: +5 (T3)
- Third-down conversion rate: 47.9% (4th)
- Defensive third-down conversion rate allowed: 36.2% (8th)
- Red zone success rate: 66.7% (T8)
- Defensive red zone success rate: 40.0% (4th)
This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Colts vs. Jaguars: Which team has key advantages in Week 8 game?
