Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Al Woods finished his second season with the team as a veteran in the front seven during the 2018 campaign.
While Woods was a much-needed veteran presence on the interior defensive line for the younger players to look up to both as a football player and a man, the 31-year-old had a peculiar season.
During the 2018 season, Woods played 14 games (eight starts) while recorded 24 tackles (10 solo) and just one tackle for loss. He finished the season having played just 35.8 percent of the defensive snaps.
Though he began the season as one of the starters on the defensive line, playing mostly the one-technique, Woods was quickly phased out into a minor rotational during the second half of the season.
From Week 10 on, the veteran defensive tackle didn’t play more than 32 percent of the defensive snaps in any game and failed to play more than 26 percent of the defensive snaps in the last five games of the season.
Woods had a strong impact during his first season, but with the scheme changing to a more attacking front, his skill set didn’t seem to make the transition as he works better working two gaps along the interior.
Woods is a free agent when the new league year begins in March, and it is hard to see the Colts bringing him back given his age and lack of production in 2018.
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