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Game 13...Gotta Have It...Indianapolis Colts!

JamTex

JamTex

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On Sunday, Dec 11th at noon, the Texans will be in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium to take on the Colts.
The game will be aired locally on CBS.
We do not need to say this is a must win. We all know this fact. The Texans gotta have this game to stay on top of the division. The Texans are tied with the Colts and Titans at 6-6 with the head to head going to the Texans because we have beaten both teams thus far this season.
Should the Texans win this game, it will be another first. The first time the Texans will have ever swept the season series against the Colts. And the Colt killer, Jaelen Strong, will likely be back to assist in this first ever endeavor.
The Colts feature Luck, Moncrief and Hilton. These guys can sling the rock.
Their offensive line and running game, however, are very suspect.
The Colts pretty much have one of the worst defenses in the league.
This is a very winnable game for the Texans.
Keep luck off the field by exposing the Colts weak run defense. Pound the ball on them all day. Lamar Miller should have a huge game this week against the Colts.
The Texans have to start fast and get the first score. Long, time consuming drives will be key.
The defensive line has got to find a way to put pressure on Luck. He can't have time to sit in the pocket and just pick apart the secondary. The Texans have a good secondary, but it gets broken down late in games lately, because they have to fight so hard to keep their receivers covered. That's mostly due to lack of a pass rush.
With the suspect offensive line of the Colts, Mercilus, Covington, Wilfork, Reader and the linebackers could possibly be able to get to Luck. Let's hope Clowney is back, but don't depend on it.
The Texans could go into Lucas Oil Stadium and come out with this win.

Texans 24
Colts 21
 
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We'll see if the Texans have an ounce of pride this Sunday. I personally think O'Brien has lost them even though they are still in 1st.
 
JT, I hope you're right on that score but I just don't see the Texans winning it. Even with no JJo and no Clowney the Texans should win it but Luck seems to be getting to that point again where he will put the team on his back and will it to win. This would be a monumental win for the Texans if they can pull it off.
 
Got a bad feeling about this one.
Offense is going to have to have their best game and put up at least 28 points.
We lose the ToP battle in this one and the defense gets gassed - not good against an in form Andrew Luck.
 
I hope I'm wrong about my team. I want them to win with all my heart but logic and reality keep setting me straight.

Indy 31
Texans 17
 
We are indeed battered and bruised, but the Colts are going into this game missing 6 of their planned starters. Both of the Colts Oline and Dline would be hard bent to compete today in the Lingerie League. The Colts entire offense game will be based on a pitch and catch between Luck and Hilton. But with minimal effort, even our poor rush should be able to afford Luck a view of the the Lucas Stadium ceiling.....clearly and often. And Osweiller, on the other hand can expect Blue and Grimes to take a greater load off of Miller making our rushing attack more productive. That and the fact that the Colts rank 28th in terms of yardage conceded and passing yards given up and are 25th for points conceded in each game (at just under 26), I expect to see O'Brien letting Osweiller loose, with Osweiler showing what we have expected to see from him all along.
Chalk up some tears on the part of the bookies as the Texans leave Indianapolis with the Colts pants around their ankles. :) :texflag::)
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
We are indeed battered and bruised, but the Colts are going into this game missing 6 of their planned starters. Both of the Colts Oline and Dline would be hard bent to compete today in the Lingerie League. The Colts entire offense game will be based on a pitch and catch between Luck and Hilton. But with minimal effort, even our poor rush should be able to afford Luck a view of the the Lucas Stadium ceiling.....clearly and often. And Osweiller, on the other hand can expect Blue and Grimes to take a greater load off of Miller making our rushing attack more productive. That and the fact that the Colts rank 28th in terms of yardage conceded and passing yards given up and are 25th for points conceded in each game (at just under 26), I expect to see O'Brien letting Osweiller loose, with Osweiler showing what we have expected to see from him all along.
Chalk up some tears on the part of the bookies as the Texans leave Indianapolis with the Colts pants around their ankles. :) :texflag::)
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I hope OB turns him loose. This rein-it-in, conservative offense has been like a noose around the neck.
 
JB said:
**** it, I'm starting Joe Willy and Matt Snell on ya'll a$$
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Then I got Don Maynard and George Sauer .

ps ... Maynard went to Texas Western which became UTEP and Suaer UT .

ps2 .... I have no faith in the Texans and OZ . The Colts will win because the defense will stay on the field and wear out midway through the 3rd quarter giving the Colts a 31 to 13 win .
 
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Honoring Earl 34 said:
ps2 .... I have no faith in the Texans and OZ . The Colts will win because the defense will stay on the field and wear out midway through the 3rd quarter giving the Colts a 31 to 13 win .
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Interestingly enough, the offense has been doing its job staying on the field. We've been winning the T.O.P. battle.

It's also interesting that our defense (though it ranks better) is the one that breaks down. yeah... we get to the 4th qtr, 7-7 Green Bay has more three & outs than we do, but our defense is the one that breaks down.

Brock Osweiler shot Charles James the stank eye & caused him to slip & fall.
 
thunderkyss said:
Interestingly enough, the offense has been doing its job staying on the field. We've been winning the T.O.P. battle.

It's also interesting that our defense (though it ranks better) is the one that breaks down. yeah... we get to the 4th qtr, 7-7 Green Bay has more three & outs than we do, but our defense is the one that breaks down.

Brock Osweiler shot Charles James the stank eye & caused him to slip & fall.
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OK ... all the pressure is on the defense because the offense can't score and the bottom falls out after they waited for the O to do their part .
 
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No way this team beats the Colts. After these 3 losses in a row, I have lost conference in our team and specifically in this head coach.
 
thunderkyss said:
Interestingly enough, the offense has been doing its job staying on the field. We've been winning the T.O.P. battle.

It's also interesting that our defense (though it ranks better) is the one that breaks down. yeah... we get to the 4th qtr, 7-7 Green Bay has more three & outs than we do, but our defense is the one that breaks down.

Brock Osweiler shot Charles James the stank eye & caused him to slip & fall.
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Winning TOP is fine and dandy if you want to outscore your opponent 13-10 every game. Expecting a defense to hold every opponent (often on a very short field) is insane, ludicrous, assenine (misspelled intentionally) and most other derogatory comments I can think of. No good comments tho

And with the injuries we have and the known deficiencies we have on defense it's downright criminal
 
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Our offense also is not tiring out the opponent defense even with winning TOP. 3 yds and a cloud of dust ain't taking us too far .
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
We are indeed battered and bruised, but the Colts are going into this game missing 6 of their planned starters. Both of the Colts Oline and Dline would be hard bent to compete today in the Lingerie League. The Colts entire offense game will be based on a pitch and catch between Luck and Hilton. But with minimal effort, even our poor rush should be able to afford Luck a view of the the Lucas Stadium ceiling.....clearly and often. And Osweiller, on the other hand can expect Blue and Grimes to take a greater load off of Miller making our rushing attack more productive. That and the fact that the Colts rank 28th in terms of yardage conceded and passing yards given up and are 25th for points conceded in each game (at just under 26), I expect to see O'Brien letting Osweiller loose, with Osweiler showing what we have expected to see from him all along.
Chalk up some tears on the part of the bookies as the Texans leave Indianapolis with the Colts pants around their ankles. :) :texflag::)
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Dude, I hope you're right - especially about Osweiler.
 
JB said:
Winning TOP is fine and dandy if you want to outscore your opponent 13-10 every game. Expecting a defense to hold every opponent (often on a very short field) is insane, ludicrous, assenine (misspelled intentionally) and most other derogatory comments I can think of. No good comments tho

And with the injuries we have and the known deficiencies we have on defense it's downright criminal
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Charles James slipped & fell.

The other TDC, had Cushing rolled right, like Rodgers rolled right, that would have been a much more difficult pass for Rodgers to make.

Neither were about being wore out, or tired. They were breakdowns in fundamentals.
 
thunderkyss said:
Interestingly enough, the offense has been doing its job staying on the field. We've been winning the T.O.P. battle.
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Yep, the Texans are masters of the 10 play 31 yard drive, 8 plays for 26 yards, 7 for 29, 9-36, 9-42, 13-61, 7-29 and 9-41 just in the last 3 games alone. And those 8 drives that averaged 4:31 TOP, netted 6 points. 2 FGs on 8 drives averaging 4 and a half minutes.

The Texans had the ball for over 11 minutes of the 1st quarter last week and 0 points to show for it.

The job of the offense is not to stay on the field, it's to score points.
 
thunderkyss said:
Charles James slipped & fell.

The other TDC, had Cushing rolled right, like Rodgers rolled right, that would have been a much more difficult pass for Rodgers to make.

Neither were about being wore out, or tired. They were breakdowns in fundamentals.
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And there lies the problem. Cushing can't roll anywhere anymore.
 
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According to ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI), the Colts' chances of winning the division would drop to 5 percent with a loss but would increase to 54 percent with a win. The Texans' odds would drop to 22 percent with a loss, but they'd be in great position at 70 percent with a victory.

Luck is on track to set career highs in completion percentage (64.0), passer rating (98.3) and Total QBR (72.9).

Texans counterpart Brock Osweiler, meanwhile, is averaging a league-worst 5.77 yards per attempt. Per ESPN Stats & Information, if that number holds, it will be the second-lowest mark in the past 11 seasons among 16-game starters.
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Worse than David Carr?
 
Speedy said:
Yep, the Texans are masters of the 10 play 31 yard drive, 8 plays for 26 yards, 7 for 29, 9-36, 9-42, 13-61, 7-29 and 9-41 just in the last 3 games alone. And those 8 drives that averaged 4:31 TOP, netted 6 points. 2 FGs on 8 drives averaging 4 and a half minutes.

The Texans had the ball for over 11 minutes of the 1st quarter last week and 0 points to show for it.

The job of the offense is not to stay on the field, it's to score points.
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My only point was in relation to our defensive breakdowns & comments that the breakdown was because the offense could not stay on the field. Through three qtrs we held the Packers to the same 7 points we scored. Yet we didn't see their CBs fall down, or LBs running out of the QBs field of view.

Or just forgetting about the fullback in the Raiders game & allowing him to run over 70 yards for a TD.

We could have had Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, or Randall Cunningham as our QBs in those games & our defense would have still "broken down." We may have scored more points & it wouldn't have mattered, but they would have still "broke down"



Edit: Who the hell is Reggie Cunningham?
 
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thunderkyss said:
My only point was in relation to our defensive breakdowns & comments that the breakdown was because the offense could not stay on the field. Through three qtrs we held the Packers to the same 7 points we scored. Yet we didn't see their CBs fall down, or LBs running out of the QBs field of view.

Or just forgetting about the fullback in the Raiders game & allowing him to run over 70 yards for a TD.

We could have had Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, or Randall Cunningham as our QBs in those games & our defense would have still "broken down." We may have scored more points & it wouldn't have mattered, but they would have still "broke down"



Edit: Who the hell is Reggie Cunningham?
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Their CBs don't fall down because we don't throw a pass more than 10 yards downfield. Ours fall down because we're down to using guys who shouldn't even be on the field.

Defenses have breakdowns. There's no team averaging 0 points per game. And I get where you're coming from to a point. I remember the good season Schaub had in '10 being lost on people because the defense was so horrible.

This '16 defense isn't. But you can't sit there and expect them to be perfect every damn play, every damn quarter, every damn game. The defense gave up 7 points through 3 quarters against Aaron Rodgers in Lambeau. You can't ask for better than that. The problem is, the offense only had 7 as well, against a Green Bay defense nowhere near as good as the Texans.

The Texans D stopped the Packers on 4th down in the 3rd, took over at their 47 yard line, moved it just 17 yards in 6 plays and punted. The defense did their job, the offense needs to do theirs.

If the Texans are leading 14-7 through 3, it's a different set of circumstances in the 4th quarter. Maybe the Texans D still breaks down because of the personnel they have to use, I don't know, but with an offense that could put pressure on the other team's D, they'd probably be able to overcome those "breakdowns".

A good QB covers deficiencies.
 
Speedy said:
The defense gave up 7 points through 3 quarters against Aaron Rodgers in Lambeau. You can't ask for better than that. The problem is, the offense only had 7 as well, against a Green Bay defense nowhere near as good as the Texans.
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& that's my point. Even though their defense isn't as good as ours, nowhere near, they didn't break down. They new they had to win that game & they were mentally tough enough to do their job for 60 minutes.

Not asking the defense to do better than holding a weak GB to 7 points beyond three qtrs... that's accepting mediocre.

& don't think I'm accepting the offensive production that game. I'm not even talking about our offense. I'm not absolving them of anything.

Our defense is supposed to be better, but they couldn't hold it together for 60 minutes. If they had, it's a different game. Just hold them to two filed goals. Our defense vs Aaron Rodgers should be equivalent to their defense against our offense.

Same thing with the Colts. Our D vs their offense should be on part with their crappy defense vs our crappy offense.
 
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