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Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts. 12/14. Noon. CBS. **Official Gameday Thread**

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"This Is A Must-Win Game", Part II

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The Indianapolis Colts are on the verge of another AFC South title after winning three straight games, though they've committed an unsettling number of turnovers in that stretch.

Indianapolis (9-4) can capture its second straight AFC South crown with a victory, which would be its ninth title in the 13 seasons the division has been in existence. The Colts took another step toward doing so with a 25-24 victory at Cleveland on Sunday.

Indianapolis rallied from a 14-point deficit in the third quarter with Andrew Luck providing the go-ahead touchdown with his 1-yard pass to T.Y. Hilton with 32 seconds remaining.

Indianapolis has taken four in a row and 21 of 25 matchups with Houston (7-6), and is 12-0 all-time at home in the series. The Colts can become the fourth team in NFL history to win their first 13 home games against an opponent and will have the second-longest active streak against a team with a victory Sunday.

"We're well aware that we have not won there," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said.

O'Brien's team will try to keep their faint division hopes alive by securing their first three-game win streak since 2012. Houston is also one game behind the AFC wild-card leaders, but is among eight teams in contention for those two spots and one of five clubs with 7-6 records.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/texans-colts-preview-212704356--nfl.html
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What I want to see:

  • Pound the rock, make their run defense suffer: Arian, Blue, and even Fitz 1 or 2 times. Keep the Colts D on the field.
  • Quick start: Last time we saw these guys, they had us 24-0 before we could breathe. Jumping on the Colts in their building would be key, especially in a game of this magnitude.
  • Pressure Luck, but don't forget about his legs: As we know, Andy has a prime-time arm. Can kill you at anytime. However, he can escape pressure with the best of them. Be on alert.
  • STOP THIS PUNK ASS LOSING STREAK IN INDY! It must end now. Need a collective team effort; everyone selling out, everyone playing it's collective asses off.

Let the games begin! Welcome back, folks! Enjoy the week of seeing our names in the playoff picture? Well, it's time to get away from that "In The Hunt" category (with some HELP, of course)! Now, on to the business at hand, and that business is winning Indy. 0-for-12 and all that, but guess what our record needs to be? You guessed it: 1-0 this week! Let's get to Indiana, snatch this W, and let folks know this squad ain't no joke! Time to work, fellas. LET'S MUTHA****IN' GO, TEXANS!!!!
 
Texans get it done today baby!

First time in franchise history they beat the Colts on the road.

The 13th try is the right number.
 
Texans/Colts games are ALWAYS full of shenanigans, both referee and otherwise. Ugh. Been the case for years now.

Just win. Play smart. Take care of the ball. Don't let TY Hilton **** us again. Keep an eye on Fleener. Get to Luck and make sure we don't hand him any bogus penalties. That's it.

C'mon, man. C'mon. Avenge that stupid ****ing loss from earlier in the year. We should be leading this division. Ugh.
 
No AJ sighting on the field this morning. Posey not working out with the inactives.......that most likely means he is active today.......and AJ not.
 
PDS ‏@PatDStat · 4m4 minutes ago
#Texans without Andre Johnson, Whitney Mercilus, Xavier Su’a-Filo and Garrett Graham for a pretty important game today.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
No AJ sighting on the field this morning. Posey not working out with the inactives.......that most likely means he is active today.......and AJ not.
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It's been so long since I've seen Posey play, I can't remember his jersey #.
 
Looks like OB has decided to take chances and to be AGGRESSIVE. In the context of going for it on 4th downs and similar situations, OB: "Can't just dip your toes in the water, if you expect to win this game."
 
Game plan must be creative. If they plan on run, run, pass then punt will follow and we will be behind early again. Fitz must audible into correct play.
Texans need to win turnover battle to have a chance.
 
Andre is the only WR in the NFL that consistently punks Vontae Davis. Him being out is a huge blow, sorry I don't see a W coming today.
 
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Miami @ New England -- Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts [HI] (blue)
Pittsburgh @ Atlanta -- Greg Gumbel, Trent Green (green)
Houston @ Indianapolis -- Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon (yellow)
Oakland @ Kansas City -- Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots (purple)
Jacksonville @ Baltimore -- Tom McCarthy, Adam Archuleta (orange)
Denver @ San Diego (LATE) -- Jim Nantz, Phil Simms [AK] (red)
NY Jets @ Tennessee (LATE) -- Andrew Catalon, Steve Tasker, Steve Beuerlein (aqua)

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Vance87 said:
Andre is the only WR in the NFL that consistently punks Vontae Davis. Him being out is a huge blow, sorry I don't see a W coming today.
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It hurts our third down offense for sure. He always seems to get open and make a big catch on third downs. We could have used him just now. We can still win. It's still going to come down to our defense being able to shut the Colts offense down.
 
We forced another punt. Good job. After T.Y. Hilton made two straight catches. Joseph got banged up. I hope he's alright. 0-0 our ball. We need to step the F! up on offense and score. No Andre, no excuses.
 
DeVier Posey is active today. He's talented but hasn't been the same since he got hurt against the Patriots in the playoffs. That was a long time ago. You would think he's 100 % by now and ready to beast again? I don't know what the heck happened to him. Maybe he'll make a big catch or two today.
 
Bill O'Brien's play-calling just now.

Run on first down, run on second down, run on third down.

Ugh. Now we have to punt. We should have mixed in a play-action pass at least.
 
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Dumb playcall on 3rd and 4.
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O'Brien gets too cute sometimes calling the plays. And on 3rd and 2 at Dallas in overtime, around midfield, when Arian Foster was beasting all game long he called for a pass that was incomplete. We'd be the frontrunners in the wild-card race if we had that extra win right now. Even though it was a non conference game.
 
I know we think we can run on the Colts but we have converted very few 3rd and over 1 yard runs for 3yrs now. It was a bizarre play call to say the least.
 
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