\n Jackson Powers-Johnson vs. DeForest Buckner<\/p>\n
After missing two games coming out of concussion protocol, Jackson Powers-Johnson<\/a> looked dominant against the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n Pro Football Focus gave him a team-high 85.4 pass blocking grade, and he did not allow a single sack or pressure throughout the game. He even had two tackles on Kevin Byard III to prevent interceptions returned for touchdowns.<\/p>\n “I was really happy with JPJ’s game,” Pete Carroll said Wednesday, “and he’s going to start this week, and we’re looking forward to seeing him contribute again. He had a good, significant role now that we can see it all happen.”<\/p>\n His fast and physical style of play will be needed more than ever against a Colts interior line starring All-Pro tackle DeForest Buckner. The three-time Pro Bowler has a career 67.5 sacks and 92 tackles for loss. He’s been the catalyst for a Colts defense that’s allowed the eighth-least amount of rushing yards to opposing offenses this season. Additionally, his run tackle percentage of 31.7 leads all defensive tackles, per Next Gen Stats.<\/p>\n “Great interior D-line … especially with D-Fo [Deforest Buckner],” Powers-Johnson said. “Me being an Oregon guy looking up to him, getting able to play him and test my metal against those guys, it’s definitely going to be a challenge but I’m excited for it.”<\/p>\n Coming off a Week 4 game where Geno Smith<\/a> wasn’t sacked and the ground game exploding for 240 yards, this matchup will be imperative to win \u2013 especially with left tackle Kolton Miller<\/a> going down with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackson Powers-Johnson vs. DeForest Buckner After missing two games coming out of concussion protocol, Jackson Powers-Johnson looked dominant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,268,269,2004,392,2381,69970,20585,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-412891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-home-centerpiece","11":"tag-home-latest-stories","12":"tag-indianapolis","13":"tag-indianapolis-colts","14":"tag-indianapoliscolts","15":"tag-las-vegas-raiders-at-indianapolis-colts-2025-reg-5","16":"tag-news-versus","17":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115301870773659260","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}