An addendum

If you’re not bored of Colts cornerbacks yet, you will be if you read this.

You can’t really compare corners without including penalties. Generally, the Colts’ top three were a fairly disciplined group with few penalties among them. Here’s how it broke down:

Marlin Jackson (3-40): He had one 25-yarder for pass interference against the Titans’ Biren Ealy (1), one 15-yarder for unnecessary roughness and one for defensive offside, which was declined.

Kelvin Hayden (2-17): Really, he only had one for seven on pass interference because his other penalty — for 10 yards — was for offensive holding when he was blocking on a punt return. This comparison is for cornerback play after all.

Tim Jennings (2-10): Two five-yarders, one for pass interference and the other for holding.

Interesting, the worst penalty on a corner was a 37-yarder pass interference call on Michael Coe. It wasn’t only the worst in terms of length, but in needlessness (2). No way Derrick Mason was ever gonna catch that ball. (3) Part of the learning process, I guess.

Conclusion/eyeball test: Penalties don’t appear to be much of a problem for any of the Colts’ top three corners.

Notes:
1. Who he? A tall undrafted free agent who impressed as the season went along and became a fairly large part of the Titans’ plans. Still, no Randy Moss he.
2. Is that a word? You know what I mean.
3. Boller to Mason … 37 yards … one pass … all in the air … does not compute.