At long last, Grover Stewart is independent. Following the completion of his six-game suspension for breaching the National Football League’s rules on performance-enhancing drugs, Stewart is now able to resume his participation in both practise and games for the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts are in critical need of having Stewart back on the field, despite the fact that it is always a positive thing to welcome a player of Stewart’s calibre back into the regular lineup.
Stewart is one of the most effective run-stuffers in the National Football League. He plays defensive tackle. During the current season, Grover Stewart has participated in six games and has a total of twenty tackles, two for a loss, and five quarterback hits. This comes after Stewart had a career-high season in 2022, during which he earned seven quarterback hits, four sacks, seven tackles for a loss, and seven tackles for a loss of a quarterback. The statistics that Indy’s statistics against the run during the games that Stewart did not play in are, however, the ones that truly demonstrate how good Stewart is.
Since Stewart has been out of the lineup, Indianapolis has performed horribly against the run. During the final game of Stewart’s suspension, which took place on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis allowed 177 yards on the ground. With a running yardage average of 133.3 per game, the Colts are currently ranked 26th in the National Football League. Following Stewart’s suspension, their statistics experienced a precipitous decline.
During the time when Stewart was suspended, Indianapolis allowed only 113.5 yards on the ground per game. With Stewart out of the picture, the Colts are allowing twenty more yards on the ground per game. Only three times did the Indianapolis Colts allow their opponents to rush for more than one hundred yards in the first six games of the season, all of which were played with Stewart. More than 125 yards of rushing have been accumulated by opposition teams in each and every one of the last six games, all of which have been played without Stewart.
When it comes to the Colts, there is no doubt that Stewart is a difference-maker, and that is precisely what they require him to be in the last stretch of the season. At the moment, Indianapolis is riding a victory streak of four games, but it is never a bad idea to make improvements. If the Colts are able to improve their performance against the run, it will increase the likelihood that they will qualify for the postseason. In all likelihood, Grover Stewart will be the one to bring about that outcome.
