The Colts got another win Clayton Geathers Jersey , however ugly, to extend their streak to 5 straight and continue the march toward a playoff spot. There is a lot to be improved upon after this week 12 game, and if the Colts want to sniff the playoffs, they will need to play better as a whole. What is most critical though, is that they got the win. With a road divisional game against the rapidly self-destructing Jaguars ahead, let’s take a look at the snap counts for this past week to see how the Colts distributed playing time in week 12.Offense#PlayerPositionOffensive SnapsPercentDefensive SnapsPercentSpecial Teams SnapsPercent#PlayerPositionOffensive SnapsPercentDefensive SnapsPercentSpecial Teams SnapsPercentNotesWith just two tight ends active Sunday, the Colts saw increased time for Dontrelle Inman, who appears to have supplanted Ryan Grant as the Colts’ WR2. Grant and Chester Rogers saw similar playing time.Eric Ebron was used much more heavily in this game than he has been most of the season. He typically gets between 30-40% of the offensive snaps and saw himself at 71% this week. I would expect that to change again once they get their tight end room healthy.Nyheim Hines was in on 26 snaps, just 10 fewer than Marlon Mack. He was only targeted on 2 passes and had 9 rushing attempts. His role as a motion man and decoy has made him an important part of the offense, even when he isn’t getting touches.The consistency on the offensive line continues to be valuable. Having everyone play nearly every snap along the line since week 6 has really helped them grow as a group and enabled them to move Evan Boehm in to take over for Kelly without as much of an impact as it otherwise might have made.Defense#PlayerPositionOffensive SnapsPercentDefensive SnapsPercentSpecial Teams SnapsPercent#PlayerPositionOffensive SnapsPercentDefensive SnapsPercentSpecial Teams SnapsPercentNotesMalik Hooker played every defensive snap in this Sunday’s game. Given that he missed last week and wasn’t all that impressive, it was a little surprising to see him with such a heavy workload, while George Odum Nate Hairston Color Rush Jersey , who got all the snaps in his absence at FS, saw none. I am not convinced that Hooker is healthy, and he did not have a great showing.The defensive line is getting healthy again, with snaps being more evenly distributed around. Kemoko Turay saw a drop in snaps, which was a bit surprising, while Tyquan Lewis continues to get heavy usage. Lewis led the team with 2 QB hits.Nate Hairston did not play a single defensive snap on Sunday. For a guy who looked so promising last season, that is certainly surprising to see. Hopefully he bounces back, and he was returning from injury, but with the offseason almost certainly bringing an influx of defensive backs into the mix, it isn’t a good look for him.Seeing Denico Autry back to getting heavy involvement on the defense is good for this Colts team. When he is healthy he has played well and helped the other players be more effective around him. Special Teams#PlayerPositionOffensive SnapsPercentDefensive SnapsPercentSpecial Teams SnapsPercent#PlayerPositionOffensive SnapsPercentDefensive SnapsPercentSpecial Teams SnapsPercent The Indianapolis Colts figured Darius Leonard would emerge as a defensive playmaker one day.He skipped the learning curve.Two weeks into his rookie season, the weakside linebacker leads the NFL with 27 tackles, already has forced one fumble https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Braden-Smith-Jersey , recovered another, had a sack and provided a new, dynamic dimension in the Colts’ rebuilt defense.“When we came here, there were only one or two guys (at linebacker),” defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus said Tuesday.“He was kind of thrust into that position and we treated him as such. He’s grabbed that role, taken it and he’s done a good job with it.”Just how impressive has the 6-foot-2, 234-pound, 23-year-old been?Leonard’s 18-tackle performance Sunday at Washington was the fifth-best grade by a linebacker since Eberflus implemented his points system in 1995.Some view Leonard’s immediate impact as a surprise, but he was pretty impressive in college.Leonard set the career record for tackles (394) at South Carolina State, a Football Championship Subdivision school largely overshadowed by the state’s more prominent programs at Clemson and South Carolina as well as Furman, the 1988 FCS national champions.Twice he was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference defensive player of the year and Leonard got his nickname “Maniac” following a 19-tackle performance against Clemson in 2016. The knock on him going into the draft was he needed more size and strength to hold up in the NFL and time to make the transition from small-school star to NFL contributor.Colts general manager Chris Ballard saw it differently after watching Leonard for one week in Mobile, Alabama Jabaal Sheard Jersey , in January.“You always want to watch the small school guys when you go to the Senior Bowl because now they’re facing the bigger competition,” Ballard said after making Leonard the first of Indy’s four second-round draft picks in April.“I thought he stood out. His speed, his athleticism, his ability to cover. When the four ‘backers went, we thought Darius was the fifth-best backer in the draft.”Leonard certainly has played like it.Despite missing all but one day of offseason workouts, Leonard returned to the field when the Colts’ rookies reported in late July and made a quick impression on the veterans.“I think it was pretty much the first time you saw it, the first practice of training camp when he caught the interception off of Andrew Luck,” second-year linebacker Anthony Walker said.“First of all, that’s a big-time quarterback there and that was a big-time play. We knew right there — that’s why we drafted him.”Leonard continued playing well during the preseason and his ability to stay healthy allowed him not only to win a starting job, but also the right to call the defensive signals in the huddle.So far, he’s flashed the speed to make plays from sideline to sideline and deliver game-changing ones, too.But Leonard’s best attribute might be his attitude.He’s eager to clean up mistakes Pierre Desir Color Rush Jersey , remains humble and enjoys breaking down game tapes.That’s hardly a surprise from someone who helped decipher prep games so he could help coach players at his high school while he was in college.“I just work hard and just take coaching,” he said. “That’s the big thing, I take all the coaching I can get, follow all the details and do all the little things.”It’s made a huge difference in one of the league’s most inexperienced linebacker groups.Leonard, Walker and free-agent signee linebacker Najee Goode have combined for 12 NFL starts — exactly half coming during the first two weeks this season.And, so far, Leonard has been the star with back-to-back memorable performances that have surprised the doubters but nobody in the Colts’ locker room.“As a rookie, it’s hard to find someone like that — someone who prepares the way he prepares. The things that he does really sets him apart,” Walker said.“He’s miles ahead of where I was last year and just the confidence and stuff he plays with, he’s miles ahead of me.”