INDIANAPOLIS — It's time to take a look at the unofficial snap counts from Thursday's 2018 Week 5 matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots.
The Patriots got things started with two unanswered touchdowns, but by halftime, saw their lead balloon to 21 points, 24-3. But just like they did five days prior against the Houston Texans — when they trailed by 18 points more than midway through the third quarter — the Colts weren't giving in. Led by Andrew Luck and a defense that put the clamps down and forced two Tom Brady interceptions, Indianapolis was able to cut New England's lead to just seven, 24-17, by early into the fourth quarter.
But unlike that Texans game, in which the Colts would come all the way back to force overtime, the Patriots (3-2) would take advantage of some key Colts mishaps down the stretch, and earned a 38-24 victory.
The heavily-injured Colts (1-4) now get some much-needed time off over the weekend to heal up and properly prepare for their Week 6 matchup on the road against the New York Jets on Oct. 14. The Jets enter their Week 5 game on Sunday against the Denver Broncos at 1-3, and have had some real struggles on the offensive side of the ball.
But before we completely move on to that Colts-Jets matchup, let's take a look at the Week 5 participation, courtesy of the NFL GSIS (Game Statistics & Information) folks:
OFFENSE
Quarterbacks:
- Andrew Luck: 83 offense* (100 percent)
Running Backs:
- Nyheim Hines: 56 offense (67 percent)
- Jordan Wilkins: 18 offense (22 percent), 2 special teams (6 percent)
- Robert Turbin: 9 offense (11 percent)
Tight Ends:
- Eric Ebron: 59 offense (71 percent)
- Ryan Hewitt: 16 offense (19 percent), 16 special teams (52 percent)
- Erik Swoope: 14 offense (17 percent), 8 special teams (26 percent)
Wide Receivers:
- Ryan Grant: 68 offense (82 percent)
- Zach Pascal: 64 offense (77 percent), 8 special teams (26 percent)
- Chester Rogers: 64 offense (77 percent), 4 special teams (13 percent)
- Marcus Johnson: 35 offense (42 percent), 13 special teams (52 percent)
Offensive Linemen:
- Matt Slauson: 83 offense* (100 percent), 5 special teams (16 percent)
- Quenton Nelson: 83 offense* (100 percent), 5 special teams (16 percent)
- Le'Raven Clark: 83 offense* (100 percent), 5 special teams (16 percent)
- Braden Smith: 83 offense* (100 percent)
- Ryan Kelly: 83 offense* (100 percent)
- Mark Glowinski: 12 offense (14 percent)
DEFENSE
Defensive Linemen:
- Jabaal Sheard: 55 defense (80 percent), 6 special teams (19 percent)
- Margus Hunt: 51 defense (74 percent), 12 special teams (39 percent)
- Kemoko Turay: 38 defense (55 percent), 1 special teams (3 percent)
- Grover Stewart: 33 defense (48 percent), 11 special teams (35 percent)
- Al Woods: 28 defense (41 percent), 9 special teams (29 percent)
- Denico Autry: 28 defense (41 percent), 4 special teams (13 percent)
- Jihad Ward: 24 defense (35 percent)
- Carroll Phillips: 19 defense (28 percent), 24 special teams (77 percent)
Linebackers:
- Zaire Franklin: 69 defense* (100 percent), 18 special teams (58 percent)
- Najee Goode: 51 defense (74 percent), 25 special teams* (81 percent)
- Matthew Adams: 14 defense (20 percent), 18 special teams (58 percent)
- Anthony Walker: 14 defense (20 percent), 2 special teams (6 percent)
- Skai Moore: 10 special teams (32 percent)
Cornerbacks:
- Pierre Desir: 69 defense* (100 percent), 14 special teams (45 percent)
- Lenzy Pipkins: 53 defense (77 percent), 2 special teams (6 percent)
- Arthur Maulet: 45 defense (65 percent), 10 special teams (32 percent)
- Chris Milton: 24 defense (45 percent), 17 special teams (55 percent)
Safeties:
- Malik Hooker: 69 defense* (100 percent), 1 special teams (3 percent)
- Matthias Farley: 45 defense (65 percent), 20 special teams (65 percent)
- Clayton Geathers: 20 defense (29 percent), 2 special teams (6 percent)
- George Odum: 9 defense (13 percent), 25 special teams* (81 percent)
- Corey Moore: 1 defense (1 percent), 17 special teams (55 percent)
SPECIAL TEAMERS
- Rigoberto Sanchez: 13 special teams (42 percent)
- Luke Rhodes: 8 special teams (26 percent)
- Adam Vinatieri: 5 special teams (16 percent)
INACTIVE
- Jack Doyle
- Denzelle Good
- T.Y. Hilton
- Marlon Mack
- Kenny Moore II
- Hassan Ridgeway
- Quincy Wilson
DID NOT PLAY
- Jacoby Brissett
- Nate Hairston
- Darius Leonard
- Anthony Castonzo
(*denotes most on team)
The Colts traveled to New England to take on the Patriots on Thursday Night Football.