The Colts are bound for the No. 4 seed if they win the AFC South, so the difference between a 9-7 and a 10-6 record is negligible. In the Colts trip to Jacksonville last season, Moncrief had four catches for 55 yards in his third National Football League game. “We want to keep our streak, and Jacksonville, they want to end it”.
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“We’ve got a month left to go”.
Posluszny has two interceptions and nine tackles for loss over 11 games.
That’s what makes it extraordinarily hard to speculate on when Andrew Luck will return to the Colts, beyond doing the math. The team projected an absence of two to six weeks. With three touchdown passes, Bortles would become the first Jaguars QB with 30 in a season…. On Wednesday, Pagano said Luck was running “gassers” again, and Luck said he was throwing more passes with more intensity this week. “I’m just trying to help this team get a win every week and, in a sense, just trying not to screw it up”, Hasselbeck said.
Hasselbeck started that game and played well enough to win even though he was hit by a bacterial infection in the second quarter. Plus if they have to face the Patriots in the wild card round, one of the two toughest opponents for the Colts will be eliminated. Pittsburgh disguised its coverages and gave the Colts defensive looks they hadn’t seen on film leading up to the game. Colts WR Andre Johnson has 133 receptions for 1,775 yards and eight touchdowns in 22 games against Jacksonville….
If the New England Patriots defeat the Texans on Sunday night, then the Colts could clinch the division with wins in their next two games over the Jaguars and the Texans.
Not only was Hasselbeck uncertain if he would be ready for Wednesday’s practice, he wondered whether he could play against Jacksonville.
The Indianapolis Colts are not used to being in this position. They will be looking for improved play from veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. “The good thing about [Tripp], he’s so sharp, so squared away that he’s done a great job of learning our defense, [he] knows exactly what to do”.
With an nearly non-existent pass rush last weekend, Ben Roethlisberger torched the Colts’ secondary for 364 yards and four touchdowns. Cornerback Greg Toler, who was out earlier this year with a neck injury, was out Thursday with a knee injury. The Jaguars are 13th in stopping the run and 26th against the pass. The Colts are 24th against the run and 30th against the pass.
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All five Pittsburgh offensive linemen allowed some form of pressure against the Indianapolis Colts, but none of the five allowed a hit or sack, and none graded negatively for their pass protection. The team is 19-2 in the AFC South with the trio of general manager Ryan Grigson, head coach Chuck Pagano and Luck in charge, including winning the last 16 consecutive divisional matchups. I just know I have to play a lot better for our team to have a chance. “We’ve got to do that”. Despite the procedure, the team will avoid putting him on injured reserve and he and the staff believe he will return at some point this season. Rookie linebacker Amarlo Herrera took Irving’s spot on the active roster after being promoted from the practice squad, and the Colts added linebacker Edwin Jackson to the practice squad….
