Tuesday's film session only confirmed Frank Reich's initial suspicions.Indianapolis' offense was largely out of sync Monday night against Baltimore. The defense made some big plays Matt Slauson Jersey Stitched , but still needs to find consistency. And he expects everyone to start cutting down on penalties over the final two preseason games.He also knows it's early and all those things can be fixed."It was more on the there's a couple things to clean up," he said Tuesday as he evaluated Indianapolis' starting offense. "It was not terrible, but it was not our best day."Clearly, fans at Lucas Oil Stadium expected to see a better showing from Andrew Luck than the mediocre one he delivered.He missed his first three throws, the last ending a scoring chance when the Ravens intercepted Luck inside their 10-yard line. Luck later described the play as a bad decision compounded by an inadvisable throw.But judging what went right and wrong becomes eminently more difficult given all the missing pieces.T.Y. Hilton, a four-time Pro Bowl receiver, longtime left tackle Anthony Castonzo and the Colts' top two running backs, Marlon Mack and Robert Turbin, sat out with injuries.Plus, Reich acknowledged the Colts have been intentionally rather vanilla in their play-calling.Besides, Reich still has some position battles to sort out.Rookie offensive lineman Braden Smith, initially projected to be an NFL guard, played into the second half at right tackle — the one open spot on the offensive line — and Reich said he liked what he saw out of Smith with the exception of two holding penalties.The other positive sign: Luck has been sacked three times Womens Malik Hooker Jersey , taken at least two big hits on his surgically repaired throwing shoulder and remains pain-free."I was like, 'Oh, I landed on my right elbow, sort of reminiscent of how I injured my shoulder a couple years ago,'" he said. "I didn't feel anything. Didn't give it a second thought, so I think it's actually a big deal for me and being able to sort of lose that thought bubble."Defensively, there were others signs of progress.Rookie linebackers Darius Leonard and Zaire Franklin played well for the second straight game and veteran defensive tackle Hassan Ridgeway is starting to look like a potential playmaker in the new 4-3 defensive front.Franklin and Leonard lead the Colts in tackles with 12 and 11 while Ridgeway has now recorded eight tackles, 4陆 sacks and six tackles for loss.Defensive end Tarell Basham, a third-round pick in 2017, also may have helped his cause by blocking a punt and recovering it to set up the Colts' final score — giving them a chance to rally in the final 2陆 minutes.Phillip Walker connected with Zach Pascal on a 9-yard TD pass, but Walker was stopped short on a 2-point conversion run that would have given Indy a 21-20 lead."It was a huge play, a great effort by him," Reich said before explaining why Basham appeared to be sliding down the depth chart. "The defensive line has been very fluid. It can go hot and cold and a guy can go out and have a couple sacks in a hurry."Reich also sounded optimistic about getting some injured players back.He's hoping Castonzo (hamstring) returns to practice before the Sept. 9 season opener against Cincinnati and Womens Peyton Manning Jersey , if all goes well in practice this week, starting safety Malik Hooker could play Saturday against San Francisco.But Reich also knows he can't be sure exactly how things will fit together — until the key players return."I think it's like putting a puzzle together," he said. "I don't know what the best analogy is, a puzzle, putting the furniture in a room. You have a vision for what it can be, and even though it hasn't all been in there at one time, you still feel like, 'Hey, when it all gets in there, it's going to look good.'" Every week, I will present a summary of some basic and advanced stats for the Colts performance relative to the league. Thanks to Pro Football Reference, NFL.com and the nflSCrapR project for being awesome sources of weekly data.It’s been 4 weeks and I’m still not sure what this defense is.DVOA has the Colts D ranked 10th, which seems high to me Cheap Nate Hairston Youth Jersey , but not ridiculously so.Maybe I’m just being stubborn, but even if the “true” ranking is just average, that’s a hell of a lot more than I expected in August. Against the Texans, the defense ended up surrendering 37 points but 6 of that was in OT,7 was from a Texans defensive score, and another 7 was off of a micro-field gifted by another Colts turnover deep in their own territory. The point is that the defense played well enough to win this game. As always, I look to DSR first and a mark of 75% is indicative of giving a way a lot of movement up and down the field. If I remove overtime, then it falls to about 71% which is better than last week and also precisely what the Colts offense put up this week (and why DSR is an awesome stat: tie in DSR, go to OT).One driver of that slightly improved performance is that the Colts defense only gave away one first down on penalties. That was the Achilles heel against the Eagles that caused the “bend” to “break”.Last week, I wrote that I didn’t think 5 sacks and 2 turnovers was repeatable and since the defense notched 7 sacks and 1 turnover I guess I was technically right . . . but not really.TEAM TOTALThe defense gave up a lot of 1st downs (35% of plays)and let Houston convert 3rd downs at a 50% clip.Given that Indy forced Houston into an average 8.1 yards to gain on third, that should have been a lot lower. That is where you keep the “bend” from breaking.PASSINGHouston’s aDOT of 7.2 isn’t that long, so they weren’t really stretching the field, but their air yards per completion of 7.6 is longer Womens Pierre Desir 2019 Jersey , which is unusual. It means they completed long passes at a higher rate than short ones.Not sure what to make of that because this defense is supposed to experience the opposite. After the catch, the Colts limited the Texans to 5.4 YAC which ranks 12th for the week and something they have been good at all season. RUSHINGWhile the Colts surrendered 119 rush yards, they were stingy from an efficiency perspective. Only 6 of Houston’s 35 carries resulted in first downs. Often, that is a sign of a team running out the clock but that wasn’t the case here.The Colts did let Houston go 3 for 3 on rushing third down conversions but overall, less than 1 in 3 Texan runs were successful and weighted success rate ranks that as 4th best this week. CONCLUSIONAll the numbers point to Indy having an average to good defense, which is hard for me to believe, but there it is.If the offense can stay on the field and stop turning the ball over in opponent territory, the D may be able to shine a little brighter. SEASON TOTALS (per game)