INDIANAPOLIS — DeForest Buckner and his defensive colleagues have more than enough to keep them busy this week.

Yet, their attention temporarily strayed from a Los Angeles Rams challenge that starts with Matthew Stafford and flows to Puka Nacua, Davante Adams and Kyren Williams.

At one point, Buckner admitted conversation at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center turned to Jonathan Taylor and his strong start to the season. More to the point, it focused on how Taylor is one of those rare running backs who gets better and stronger as a game unfolds and wears on a defense.

Taylor leads the NFL in rushing (338 yards) and yards from scrimmage (431), and his three-game start to the season has been boosted by second-half surges.

He’s averaging 8.1 yards per carry in the second half, an aver

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