With this, it looks as if the Colts will be getting a change on defense, as it seems they may move to a 3-4 now. With Chuck Pagano and Butler, they both have worked with 3-4 defenses with their old teams.
This means that Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis are probably going to learn to play to outside linebacker. It could be a tough transition, but many defensive ends have had success, like Mario Williams with the Houston Texans. Along with that, if you consider how athletic both Mathis and Freeney are, the transition could be fairly easy.
The question is, what will they do with the other linebackers? It seems as if Gary Brackett's time in Indiana is coming to a close now. After his season-ending injury and the rise of Pat Angerer and Kavell Conner, all signs point to that Brackett is done here.
Conner and Angerer both had over 100 tackles and they will fit nicely for the future together, along with Freeney and Mathis on the outside. The question is if they can fix that secondary, along with a whole new defensive line.
We'll see what happens, but the Colts' future is looking very different now, and it's for sure that Manning is done now. This team is looking like it's going in a completely different direction from the Manning era.
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