Jeff Hickman (Terre Haute, Ind.): Why did we try to run the ball on 3rd and long so much last season, aren’t we better off throwing a long shot and having some kinda chance? JJ Stankevitz: Jeff has a good eye here, which allows me to get deep into the weeds on this – which is exactly where I want to be in mid-July. Jonathan Taylor led the NFL in rushing attempts on third down with seven or more yards to go in 2024 (he had 12 such attempts). But let’s dig into these numbers a bit to answer the second part of Jeff’s question here about throwing the ball past the sticks in an attempt to get a first down. Seven of those 12 runs came in extremely disadvantageous situations for the Colts’ offense,