Report: Colts to rent Lou Anarumo as their defensive coordinator

The Indianapolis Colts are anticipated to rent Lou Anarumo as their subsequent defensive coordinator, in keeping with a number of stories.

The Colts moved on from defensive coordinator Gus Bradley after three season. From there, Indianapolis moved shortly in interviewing 5 candidates that included Anarumo. Anarumo was most lately part of Bengals’ employees, the place he had been the crew’s defensive coordinator for the previous six seasons earlier than being let go following the 2024 season.

Anarumo will carry a very totally different model to the Colts’ protection in comparison with what we now have seen below the crew’s earlier defensive coordinators in Bradley and Matt Eberflus. Most notably, Anarumo’s defensive items had been at their finest from 2021-2022, rating atop the league in factors per sport and landing proportion allowed, in keeping with The Athletic.

One of many key components within the Bengals’ protection rating as excessive as they did in these key metrics throughout that timeframe was their personnel. Personnel modifications, together with the lack of star security Jessie Bates and cornerback Chidobe Awuzie by way of the previous few offseason’s, for instance, might be partially attributed to the Bengals’ defensive decline during the last couple of seasons.

The hiring of Anarumo, who performed a significant function in serving to the Bengals attain the Tremendous Bowl in 2021, exhibits a shift within the Colts’ minds relating to how they need their protection to function in 2025.

With Indianapolis having plenty of gifted gamers on protection, particularly alongside the line of defense, Anarumo could have strong personnel to work with in that unit. He’ll be tasked with getting extra manufacturing out of a gifted group. The Colts’ secondary is arguably the place modifications could possibly be made this offseason. We’ll need to see if such a drastic shift of their defensive philosophy results in modifications in personnel for Indianapolis within the months forward.