He added that if cleared to play, he would be OK with practicing for three days and then playing on a Sunday.
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While the Colts (6-7) are deadlocked with the Texans for first place in the AFC South Division and are coming off unprecedented 35-point losses in back-to-back games, Luck said he’s not yet 100 percent and his availability will be determined by medical scans without any influence by the magnitude of the next game. “But that game, that performance yesterday, is something we can build on for this week”. They both started the season on other teams’ rosters (Yates with the Falcons, Whitehurst with the Titans), as did the Texans’ No. 3 QB, Brandon Weeden, who was starting games for the Dallas Cowboys as recently as Week 5.
Andre Branch’s 2015 play for the Jacksonville Jaguars has been met with mixed reviews, but the former Clemson defensive end left no doubt about his ability to make an impact in Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts.
It helped Jacksonville gain ground in the muddled division, moving a game behind co-leaders Indianapolis and Houston with three to play. “We do too much stupid stuff”.
“This week, it will be along the same lines”. “We have to keep grinding and keep believing that we’re going to get to our goal”, he said. Some of the things that we saw when he was on service team, when he did get his reps with the ones, we really wanted to take a hard look at it. So we got him involved getting more reps with the first group last week, also in one-on-one sessions.
Quarterback Blake Bortles, after completing 7 of 17 passes for 104 yards while being sacked three times and fumbling twice in the first half, finished completing 16 of 30 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. He passed for 252 yards against the Jaguars, but take away a 57-yard completion to T.Y. Hilton, and Hasselbeck would have been under 215 yards for the third time in the last four games. If Yeldon is out for any length of time, it will leave the Jaguars thin at the running back position. Houston is likely going to miss Hoyer, which puts T.J.
Luck has been running and throwing, but hasn’t participated in any practices. Pagano said Luck’s status was unchanged and said he had not “heard anything” about the quarterback returning to practice. He also said he is hopeful middle linebacker Paul Posluszny, who missed Sunday’s game with a fractured right hand, may be cleared to practice Wednesday. “We’ve found a way to play a huge meaningful game in December”, Luck said on Monday. “Let’s give credit where it’s due”, head coach Gus Bradley said.
The Colts lead the all-time series 23-4 and a flawless 13-0 at home.
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The Jaguars will be eliminated if they lose one of their final three or if the Texans-Colts victor posts a victory the following week. “Definitely still got a little bit more to overcome, but definitely feeling good”. “If I get tomorrow, I’ll attack it”, Pagano said, and then referred to his 2012 battle with leukemia. It’s a great message. The defense was without three starters (four if you continue to count Henry Anderson), forcing players like Bjoern Werner into a bigger role.
