Official Texans @ Colts Game Thread, 12/20/2015
 

Zak Keefer ‏@zkeefer
Andrew Luck taking snaps with other #Colts QBs. No sign of Matt Hasselbeck.

Interesting. Wonder if he'll actually suit up? If he does play, you'd got to think they would engineer a game plan to protect him. The dude had a lacerated kidney. I'm no doctor, but I'm thinking that's not good.

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#Colts News: HC Chuck Pagano just told reporters QB Andrew Luck is OUT in Week 15 and he expects QB Matt Hasselbeck to start vs. Houston.

The 6-7 Texans travel up to Indianapolis this Sunday to face the 6-7 Colts in an early Sunday game. The Texans (all together, now) have never won in Indianapolis. The Texans and Colts are both coming off 2 straight losses and something has to give with the winner in the driver's seat for champion of the AFC South. As of this writing, Matt Hasselbeck and TJ Yates look to be the starting QB's.

TV = CBS (channel 11 local), noon, Sunday, Dec 20

Announcers = Greg Gumbel, Trent Green

The line = pending (QB's)

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

CBS (late) = Denver @ Pittsburgh -- Jim Nantz, Phil Simms

FOX (late) = Green Bay @ Oakland -- Chris Myers, Ronde Barber

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Prime Time:

TNF = Tampa Bay @ St. Louis (NFLN)

Saturday night = NY Jets @ Dallas (NFLN)

SNF = Arizona @ Philadelphia (NBC)

MNF = Deroit @ New Orleans (ESPN)

Starting to see some spreads for this game come in.... one place has the Colts favored by 1 so it will probably be in that area although, there's a lot of people favoring the Texans straight up so it would not surprise to see a shift to the Texans being the slight favorite...

I sure don't have a clue, or even an inkling who's going to win tomorrow in Indy ? It would be great to finally win up there and add some cheer to the Christmas week.
But even if we win tomorrow we probably will still need to beat the Jags in the last game of the regular season to win the division, and they seem to be the team in the AFC South that's playing the best right now.

Despite the late surge, I don't think the Hags are much of a factor. They lose out on too many tiebreakers since a lot of thier losses were AFC. Based on the scenario generator Bob found, if we all end up tied, the Hags would be 3rd. We win today, we have a small cushion assuming we beat TN.

Ya, the Hags are in a letdown situation today (after whooping Indy last week) and it wouldn't surprise me to see Atlanta beat them today....

re: Texans vs Colts, this seems to be one of the more evenly bet/picked games of the week. The spread hasn't changed much with the game ranging from a pickem to Colts by 1.5.

I will say this is one of the better opportunities for the Texans to win in Indy and we'll see very shortly if they can take advantage of it....

Colts win the toss and defer, Texans to receive.

Kickoff is a touchback.

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Texan's ball at their 20.

Polk for 1.

Pass to Hop is broken up but flag on the Colts for PI. Places the ball at the Texan 43.

Polk for 3.

Polk for maybe 1. Brings up 3rd and 6.

Pass to Washington gets close to the 1st down..... On 4th and 1, Texans will go for it.

Hunt sweeps left for big gain and the 1st down at the Colt 27.

Hunt for 1.

TJ's pass is INT'ed by Davis at the Colt 15.

Not a good throw. Looked like Hopkins was going to the end zone and TJ was throwing an out/back shoulder.

If that ball was thrown to the end zone that's a TD...

Way to give up a 3rd and 11...

Colt's ball at their 15.

Pass to AJ goes for 10.

Gore for 5.

Pass to Hilton good for 6 and the 1st down.

Gore for maybe 1.

Pass to Hilton gets 11 and the 1st down.

Hasselbeck's pass to Hilton nearly INT'ed by Hal but inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Gore sweeps right for no gain or a loss of 1. Brings up 3rd and 11.

Pass to Fleener gets 11 and the 1st down at the Texan 42. 7:18 left in the 1st qtr.

Pass to AJ off the mark, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Gore for 1. 3rd and 8 coming up.

Hasselbeck's pass over the middle can't find a home. Colts will punt.

Shorts fair catches at the 10.

6:23 left in the 1st qtr.

Texan's ball at their 10.

Blue for 7.

Blue gets 4 or 5 and the 1st down.

TJ pressured, scrambles for 7.

Blue for 1. Brings up 3rd and 2.

Pass to Washington gets about 7. 1st down at the Texan 37.

Ugh, Blue runs hard but gets stripped and the refs call it a fumble. Play is under review... it's close........

Refs rule Colt's ball.

Great way to start a game you sorely need...

For the life of me...I don't understand why our CBs play so far off...it's just a waste of a good pass rush

Colt's ball at the Texan 42.

Screen to Gore goes all the way to the Texan 27.

Gore for 3.

Pass to Herron gets 6. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Allen gets 1 and the 1st down.

Gore for no gain. Ball at the Texan 16.

Flags presnap. Watt offsides. Makes it 2nd and 5 at the Texan 11.

End of the 1st qtr.

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Hasselbeck can't find a receiver and throws it away. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Pass to Moncrief over the middle goes for the TD.

Colts 7, Texans 0

14:50 left in the half.

The ensuing kickoff is a touchback.

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Texan's ball at their 20.

Pass to Hop gets 10.

Deep pass to Washington goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Polk for 1. 3rd and 9 coming up.

Yates is sacked. Texans will have to punt.

Punt is brought back to the Texan 47.

Colt's ball at the Texan 47.

Hasselbeck's pass in the flat off the mark, inc.

Hasselbeck pressured, scrambles out of bounds for 1. 3rd and 9 coming up.

Tipton carries for about 4. Colts will have to punt.

Shorts fair catches at the Texan 6.

We are just gonna keep shooting ourselves in the foot

Texan's ball at their 6.

11:21 left in the half.

Blue scrambles for 10.

Blue for 1 but a flag is down....holding on Shorts, 1/2 the distance. Makes it 1st and 18.

Pass to Hop in the flat good for 6.

On 2nd and 12, Yates is sacked, loss of 7. 3rd and 19 coming up.

Grimes for 1. Texans will have to punt.

Nice runback on the punt. Ball is at the Texan 35.