Stampede Blue on Alec Pierce

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To state the Obvious: The Colts are missing Alec Pierce... Through 4 games, the Colts have had: 43 plays of 10+ yards, 14 plays of 20+ yards. Both are the 2nd lowest in the Ballard tenure through 4 games.
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Pierce's absence creates schematic nightmare; Colts at 2nd-lowest explosive plays in 4 games.

The source identifies Alec Pierce's absence as a critical schematic problem for the Colts offense. Through 4 games, the Colts have generated only 43 plays of 10+ yards and 14 plays of 20+ yards—the 2nd lowest in the Ballard tenure through 4 games. Pierce's contract was justified by the Colts' need for explosive plays to flip the field and limit negative plays, but without him the offense is seeing significantly more Cover 3 (33% this year vs. 24% last year), forcing the Colts to rely on elite success rate rather than explosive production.

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