Forget the public statements... this one actually IS the biggest game in franchise history, and it's not even close. So nervous. Texans 27 Colts 20
Big time gut-check game for the guys today. Everything is laid out for them so much nicer if they just get this game. A week to rest, homefield throughout, (avoiding both Manning and Brady until the AFC title game- unless Belichick tanks today) etc., etc. If they can't rise to the challenge today, it doesn't look all that promising for any kind of extended run in the post-season. Hoping that the old adage, "big time players make big time plays in big time games" holds true and we see big games from Schaub/Foster/Johnson/Watt and crew to put this one away early. Go Texans!!
Reed inactive <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Texans inactives: CB Alan Ball, CB Stanford Routt, OLB Brooks Reed, G Antonio Caldwell, OT Andrew Gardner, G Cody White, NT Terrell McClain</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/285424649704206336" data-datetime="2012-12-30T10:38:34+00:00">December 30, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Colts inactives: WR Nathan Palmer, S Delano Howell, Delone Carter, C Samson Satele, OT Tony Hills, DE Cory Redding, NT Antonio Johnson</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/285425546647724033" data-datetime="2012-12-30T10:42:07+00:00">December 30, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Anybody else wonder why Routt has been inactive the last 2 weeks? Can he really be worse than Harris and/or Carmichael? Did we bring him in just in case another CB went down?
When a team of our caliber actually needs a win, colts cannot beat us. To big of a game. Texans roll 31-17
to think if the Colts beat us they would only be behind us by 1 win for the season. blows my mind considering how ahead of the league we've been for so long.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The <a class="hashtag" action="hash" title="#Colts">#Colts</a> rank 30th in rushing defense (139.9 YPG) & are without starting DE Cory Redding & NT Antonio Johnson <a class="hashtag" action="hash" title="#HOUvsIND">#HOUvsIND</a></p>— Nick Scurfield (@NickScurfield) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickScurfield/status/285428541980549120" data-datetime="2012-12-30T10:54:02+00:00">December 30, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>