Mike Wells, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

The Film Don't Lie: Colts

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The Colts had success getting pressure on Jacksonville quarterbacks Chad Henne and Blake Bortles and Tennessee quarterbacks Charlie Whitehurst and Zach Mettenberger the past two weeks, but their challenge is about to get steeper.

Now the Colts, who have seven sacks in the past two games, are about to face a quarterback with Super Bowl experience and one who will pick apart their defense if they can’t find a way to pressure him in Baltimore’s Joe Flacco.

Flacco has completed 63.4 percent of his passes and is averaging 264 yards a game through the air. Sacking him has been a challenge for every team this season. The Baltimore quarterback has been sacked only three times this season, which is best among the top 10 passers in the league.

Colts cornerbacks Greg Toler and Vontae Davis will have their hands full if the front seven can’t pressure Flacco, who was 6-of-8 for 172 yards and three touchdowns on passes of at least 15 yards against the Carolina Panthers last weekend, according to ESPN Stats & Information. And the Colts won’t have LaRon Landry’s experience in the secondary at safety because he’s suspended four games for taking performance-enhancing drugs.

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