Defense coming to grips with atypical effort in Indy

Mike Prisuta

It wasn't the Colts' attempting to run at the Steelers' five-defensive backs "nickel" defense that caught defensive coordinator Teryl Austin off guard initially as much as it was an Indianapolis salvo that produced 17 points on the first three possessions of what ultimately went into the books as a 27-24 Colts' victory last Sunday in Indy.

"We didn't get off to the start we wanted, that's what