It's week 14 and the 6-6 Texans take to the road for the 2nd week in a row to play the 6-6 Indianapolis Colts. The Colts are coming off a road victory defeating the NY Jets on MNF 41-10. Colt QB Andrew Luck seems to be getting hotter every week - he has passed for 3105 yards, 64% completion, 23 TDs, 8 INTs and has a rating of 98.3. He (54/272, 5.0 avg) and Frank Gore (198/749, 3.8 avg) are the two main ball carriers although Robert Turbin (28/89, 3.2 avg) might see some carries. In the passing game, TY Hilton has already broke 1,000 yards receiving on the year (1,088) and is Luck's #1 target. After him, there is a whole slew of receivers (Moncrief, Doyle, Dorsett, Allen, Gore, Swoope, Rogers, Ferguson, Turbin) that Luck can target. On the other side of the ball, the Colt defense could use some work ranking 28th in yards/gm, 28th in passing yds/gm, 20th in rushing yds/gm and 25th in pts allowed/gm (25.9).
The Texans have a three game losing streak going and will see their playoff chances take a big hit with a loss. With a win, they could defeat the Colts three times in a row and will have swept both meetings on the year - both would be franchise firsts.
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TV = CBS (channel 11 local), noon CST, Sunday, Dec 11, 2016
Announcers = Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon (pretty much all of Texas and Indiana will be watching)
The line = Colts by 5.5 to 7
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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:
FOX (early) - Washington @ Philadelphia, Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch
FOX (late) - New Orleans @ Tampa Bay, Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis, Chris Spielman
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Prime time:
TNF = Oakland @ Kansas City (NBC; NFLN)
SNF = Dallas @ NY Giants (NBC)
MNF = Baltimore @ New England (ESPN)