Fighting boredom through statistics

Some stats you may have missed from 2011:

Of the eight passes he attempted of 20 yards or more, Kerry Collins completed none.

When under pressure, Collins was about half as likely to be sacked as younger, more mobile Curtis Painter or Dan Orlovsky.

In about the same number of touches, Donald Brown forced 18 missed tackles to Joseph Addai’s 10.

In 118 attempts, Addai ran for more than 20 yards just three times.

Addai and Delone Carter were poor pass blockers. Addai allowed two sacks and three hurries, while Carter allowed three hurries and a hit in far less playing time.

Only four players lined up at wide receiver last season.

Five of the 92 passes thrown to Austin Collie were intercepted.

Two passes were thrown to Anthony Gonzalez, of which one was catchable. He dropped it.

Although less than a quarter of his playing time was in the slot, both of the passes thrown to Gonzalez were when he lined up there.

Dallas Clark dropped almost 20 percent of passes he touched.

Only twice did a tight end get targeted on a route of more than 20 yards, resulting in no catches.

Quinn Ojinnaka came in as a blocking tight end 20 times.

Ben Ijalana lined up at tackle for 21 snaps, Ryan Diem for 36. Ijalana allowed only one pressure.

Jeff Linekenbach was a disastrous pass blocker, allowing nine sacks, four hits and 35 pressures. But he was nowhere near as bad as Seth Olsen, who allowed a sack, two hits and a hurry in just 16 snaps.

Jeff Saturday played every down at center.

Antonio Johnson made 15 tackles as a defensive tackle, but whiffed on three others.

Jerry Hughes had just a sack and two hurries at end.

Dwight Freeney made just five tackles on running plays all season.

Phillip Wheeler blitzed just 13 times all season, but came up with the only sack by an outside linebacker.

The less said about Ernie Sims, the better.

Kevin Thomas made four tackles in the run game, missed three others.

Except for Justin Tryon, everybody who played corner for the Colts allowed a passer rating of 98.2 or better. Brandon king was the worst at 137.6.

Jerraud Powers was much better covering outside receivers than slot guys.

Terrance Johnson was the only corner to blitz: he did it twice, resulting in a hurry.

David Caldwell led the team in missed tackles with six.

Of the new Colts:

Donnie Avery dropped two of just five catchable passes thrown his way.

Winston Justice allowed just one hurry last season (although he started just one game and played a bit of another).

Mike McGlynn allowed one sack, one hit and seven hurries as a third guard in Cincinnati.

Samson Satele had a decent year in Oakland last season, allowing two sacks a hit and 11 hurries in 16 starts.

Cory Redding’s five sacks, eight hits and 10 hurries were more productive than all of the Colts’ defensive tackles put together last season. He was also, statistically speaking, the Ravens’ best run-stopper at end.

Tom Zbikowski did not have a banner season last year, but his passer efficiency rating is 30 points lower than the Colts’ primary starter at his position last season, Caldwell.