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LONDON -- Andrew Luck figured his own personal homecoming would spur him and the Indianapolis Colts out of their early-season funk.Now, Luck and the Colts return home together having lost three of their first four games for only the second time since they drafted Peyton Manning in 1998. They do so even after a number of coaching and roster changes were designed to get them back to the postseason.(Were) tired of almosts, Luck, who lived in London for three years as a child, said after the Colts lost 30-27 to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. We want to win. Its a winning culture and the Colts expect wins, and it doesnt just happen when you trot out onto the field.It starts with practice and work hours, and we can go back and improve and make it happen.Indianapolis went 8-8 last season and missed the playoffs for the first time with Luck as its quarterback. Once Chuck Pagano returned for his fifth season as coach, he added former Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin as an assistant and hired Ted Monachino as defensive coordinator.What has perennially been one of the NFLs weakest divisions looked ripe for recapture, and yet the Colts (1-3) have done anything but. Consider Sundays loss: Not only did the Colts rack up 11 penalties, but Luck, who went 27 for 42 for 234 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, was sacked six times and had five of his first 11 passes dropped.Even tight end Dwayne Allen admitted after the game that an incompletion on fourth-and-1 from Jacksonvilles 49-yard line with 1:42 remaining was dropped, not broken up.Too little, too late, and again, you cant start the way that we started, Pagano said, acknowledging the Colts 17-6 halftime deficit. You cant spot any team in the National Football League what we spotted them.Indianapolis defense allowed 95 points over the first three games -- third highest in the league -- and entered 27th among all teams against the pass.Thus, the matchup against the Jaguars (1-3) seemed to arrive at the right time, especially with turnover-prone Blake Bortles quarterbacking one of the leagues most stagnant offenses.Instead, Bortles helped Jacksonville slice through the Colts defense in the first half, and after Indianapolis twice pulled within a field goal off a 21-point fourth quarter, both the offense and defense wilted.The biggest thing is that weve got to minimize the mistakes, said cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who was called for two penalties on the Jaguars final second-quarter drive, which led to a 22-yard field goal by Jason Myers.We had double-digit penalties and we didnt get off the field on third down. I think as a defense, thats something that youve got to look forward to. Youve got to come out and look forward to the following week and correct everything every week.In each of the previous 14 games at Wembley Stadium over the past decade, teams were granted a bye to recover from the exhausting travel. That wont hold true now for Indianapolis, which will be the first team to play the week after returning from the United Kingdom -- by Paganos preference.One fortunate matter could be that the Colts will host the Bears next week, though its not as if the previously winless Jaguars posed a major challenge to the Colts, either.Its the first quarter of our season and were 1-3, center Ryan Kelly said. We cant change where you are now or what happened in the past, but you can change where youre going. For us, theres never been a lack of compete, as coach says, or character or anything like that. We know we have great character in our locker room. 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LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Southeastern Conference quarterbacks take plenty of heat off the field, and this year will probably take even more on it.The league is loaded with star pass rushers, some of them highly rated NFL prospects, even if the SEC is short on established passers.The SECs top 10 pass sack leaders return. Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett, Alabama linebacker Tim Williams and defensive end Jonathan Allen, Tennessee end Derek Barnett and Mississippi end Marquis Haynes all are back after reaching double digits in sacks last season.That surplus of talented, hard-to-block edge rushers is nothing new considering the SEC has had 36 defensive linemen or linebackers selected in the first round of the NFL draft over the past decade, many of them outside linebackers and ends.So maybe Williams, Alabamas quarterback-harassing outside linebacker, can follow Von Miller, the No. 2 overall pick in 2011. Perhaps Texas A&Ms Garrett can at least come close to Jadeveon Clowneys status as the top pick two years ago.If you can do it in the SEC, you can do it anywhere, said Charles Harris, Missouris latest in a line of stellar pass rushers. Thats how I feel.Of the five sack leaders all but Williams ranked among the nations top 20 in sacks per game, and he was a specialist on a deep front seven who played limited snaps.Only played on third down, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said. Never had another role on the team.OK, few teams have that luxury. But Williams, whose role is expected to increase significantly, and Allen both opted to return for their senior seasons instead of entering the draft.At least seven SEC ends and outside linebackers have already been listed as potential first-round picks according to various mock drafts, with Barnett and Garrett pegged as candidates for the Top 10.Weve got a bunch of good d-linemen in this conference -- a lot, said Barnett.Enough of them that Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze notes the importance of a viablle play action threat, because pass setting against the defensive linemen that we face in this league, its hard to make a living at that.dddddddddddd.Heres a look at some of the SECs top pass rushers:-The 6-foot-5, 255-pound Garrett has racked up 24 sacks and 33.5 tackles for loss in his first two years and was a finalist for the Lombardi and Hendricks awards. He plays opposite Daeshon Hall, whos even bigger and had seven sacks.Weve got two of the best defensive ends in the country in Myles Garrett and Daeshon Hall, Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin said at SEC media days.Garrett said they create openings for each other. Hes just as effective as me, he said.-With Allen and Williams, Alabama also has a formidable pass rushing duo. The 6-3, 291-pound Allen had 12 sacks last season, with 11 coming against ranked teams. He plays like a bullet, Tide safety Eddie Jackson said.Williams had 10.5 sacks on just 148 pass rushing snaps, according to Pro Football Focus, which said he had an average of one pressure per 2.8 pass rushing attempts. Ohio States Joey Bosa, the third overall draft pick, averaged one pressure for every 4.9 attempts, PFF said.-Barnetts 20 sacks through two seasons is just 12 shy of Reggie Whites Tennessee record set from 1980-83. He had nine sacks in the last eight games in 2015. Hes a savage when hes out on the field, Volunteers defensive coordinator Bob Shoop said.-Ole Misss Haynes tied the school record as a sophomore with 10 sacks and has 17.5 in his first two seasons.-Missouris Harris led the SEC in tackles for loss per game, racking up 18.5 in 12 outings. He follows in a line of pass rushing ends like 2015 first-rounder Shane RayCharles is one of the next great ones, in my opinion, Missouri coach Barry Odom said.--AP Sports Writer Steve Megargee contributed to this report. ' ' '