1. Daniel Jones' ability to avoid sacks has been a major driver of the Colts' offensive success.

The Colts are the first team since at least 1940 to punt just one time in their first three games of a season – and that remarkable stat is, through one lens, the product of quarterback Daniel Jones being sacked just two times this season.

Sacks are notorious drive killers, which makes sense – the offense loses significant yardage and winds up in difficult down-and-distances, while the defense gets a momentum boost and can be in attack mode on second- or third-and-long. Just look at the difference in the end result of drives this season (not including Monday Night Football) when an offense takes a sack or not: Drive type Score % Touchdown % Punt % No sacks 40.5% 22.7% 34.8% 1+ sack 28.3% 13.2

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