Follow usGus Bradley has been retained as the Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator and Notre Dame’s Brian Mason has been named Indy’s new special teams coordinator, the NFL team announced Tuesday, along with a number of other coaching hires and retentions.
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The 52-year0old Bradley was hired ahead of the 2022 season after spending the previous year in Las Vegas Raiders under the same title. His defense finished middle of the pack with 334.0 total yards allowed per game in 2022.
Mason succeeds Bubba Ventrone, who was hired by the Cleveland Browns as their assistant head coach/special teams coordinator.
The Colts excelled against the pass, allowing 209.9 YPG, but was consistently hurt against the run with 124.1 YPG allowed. The issues amounted to Indy giving up an average of 25.1 points per game, which ranked 30th in the NFL.
Indianapolis’ persistent issues on offense throughout the 2022 season certainly affected those defensive averages, however.
Starting three different starting quarterbacks in 2022, the Colts averaged 311.6 yards per game, the sixth-worst average in the league and was tied 31st with 17.0 yards per game.
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