The Colts defense has stepped up after a rough first half

on Sunday and that put the team’s offense in position to score its first points of the afternoon.Rookie linebacker Darius Leonard forced and recovered a fumble by Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins with just over a minute to play in the third quarter. That gave the Colts the ball on Kansas City’s 20-yard-line http://www.coltsfanshop.com/Ben-Banogu-Jersey , but they wouldn’t make anything good happen with the prime location.Andrew Luck was incomplete on first down and Dee Ford stripped the Colts quarterback of the ball on second down. Justin Houston, who has two sacks on Saturday, recovered the football to keep the Chiefs up 24-7 and a miserable day continued for the Colts offense.Luck is now 12-of-20 for 121 yards and the Colts offensive line has looked nothing like the strength it was while the Colts were winning 10 of their last 11 games. They have 15 minutes left to try to change that around, but there’s little sign that the run will last past Saturday. The Colts drafted Ben Banogu with the 49th overall pick, projecting him as the strongside linebacker in their 4-3. Banogu’s time at linebacker was short-lived, however.He worked there during the rookie minicamp before moving to defensive end for the rest of the offseason program, Kevin Bowen of 1070 The Fan reports.“We thought that moving him now to play end is probably the best starting point for him relative to who he is, what he brings to the table and where can he impact our defense the most Rock Ya-Sin Jersey , the earliest,” defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus said, via Bowen. “We looked at him a little bit in drill work [at linebacker]. We kept looking at him. We put all of our heads together; it was the whole defensive staff. It was [G.M.] Chris [Ballard]. It was [head coach] Frank [Reich]. Then we decided, ‘Hey, let’s put him here [at defensive end], and then we can build it from there.’ Can he do different things and put him in different spots? No question he can do that. But let’s get his feet on solid ground at one spot and then kind of develop him from there.”The Colts are using Bruce Irvin‘s old role in Seattle as a comparison for the rookie. Although he played defensive end at TCU, Banogu said it isn’t the same defense with the same responsibilities.“TCU is more of a gap-control read defense, so it’s a lot more reading https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Le_Raven-Clark-Jersey ,” Banogu said. “This defense is more attacking, so it’s kind of cool in the respect that you kind of have free flow. You don’t have to read as much, and you don’t have to do a lot of checks.“This is more attacking. So it’s a little bit different.”Still, for now, the Colts see Banogu as a better fit at defensive end than at strongside linebacker.