The Colts' punter might have the easiest job in football right now. Through seven games, Rigoberto Sanchez has punted just 12 times — the fewest in the league and, incredibly, the lowest punts-per-game average in NFL history at just 1.7, as relayed by Pro Football Talk.
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If the pace holds, Indianapolis would finish the season with only 29 punts, something no full-season team has ever done. The only team to punt fewer? The 1982 Chargers, who played just nine strike-shortened games.
The reason is simple. Basically, the Colts rarely stall out. They lead the NFL with 24 first downs per game and convert on fourth down at an absurd 82 percent clip (nine of 11).
Head coach Shane Steichen clearly trusts his offense, and quarterback Daniel Jones keeps rewarding that faith.
Yes, that Daniel Jones, the one cast aside by the Giants. In Indy, he's thriving. Jones has been sacked just six times on 232 dropbacks, the fewest in football, and hasn't taken a single sack on third or fourth down.
Across the league, offenses average six sacks in those situations.
Even under pressure, Jones has been elite. On 82 pressured dropbacks, he's completed nearly 63 percent of his passes for 500 yards, five touchdowns, and a 110.3 passer rating.
Steichen credits it to calm, quick reads and experience. "He's doing it at the ultimate high level right now," the coach said, via Colts.com.
So yeah, Sanchez might be bored. But the Colts — and Jones — are in no rush to change that.
