The Colts lead was 27-14 and they would hold on for their eighth victory of the season.
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Payton is not a lock to stay in New Orleans and could be another option for the Colts, but landing the Super Bowl winning coach will likely require a trade with the Saints. On the ground, Frank Gore rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns in 15 attempts. Walker was Tennessee’s entire pass offense for most of the season, averaging 73 YPG with six touchdowns. Gave us everything he got, then some.
David Cobb rushed 19 times for a career-high 73 yards and scored his first career touchdown during Sunday’s 30-24 loss in Indianapolis. It was his second-best rushing total of the season.
But as reported by Stampede Blue earlier this week, it seems that Andrew Luck ha2 already played through a significant injury that may have affected his 2015 performance.
Inside the Colts locker room afterwards, it was cleanup time.
Tennessee has a 3-12 record for the year.
I’m going to remain the head coach until I’m told otherwise, ” Mularkey said. “Call me insane, call me whatever you want to call me but to be sitting at 3-5 at the halfway point, make a change, and go beat an undefeated Denver team with our starting quarterback, I think everybody saw a glimpse of what could be, the vision we all had, where this team would go”. The Titans, who dropped a 35-33 decision to the visiting Colts earlier in the season, probably won’t have their top quarterback either as Marcus Mariota is still recovering from a knee injury.
“Who wouldn’t do that?”
Matt Hasselbeck won’t play due to an injured throwing shoulder, and third-stringer Charlie Whitehurst landed on injured reserve Monday with a hamstring injury. Kendall Langford and T.Y. Hilton spoke about the importance of pass catchers getting their timing down with the new passers.
Let’s check out some of the notable players and stats from this one so we can figure out why things played out the way they did.
Formerly the franchise QB of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Freeman didn’t play in the National Football League in 2014.
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As for the importance of the game, outside linebacker Robert Mathis said players will be expected to perform well in the finale.
