He’s managed to get seven career hits on Luck without having recorded a sack. Only one of those performances – Brian Hoyer’s 116.6 rating for the Houston Texans in a loss to the Colts – was for a team that finished the year with a winning record. Miller figures it’ll be in the Colts’ backfield early and often, and Luck hopes it’s not until the post-game handshake.
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“When they told me he’d be in there to play, I was like, ‘Wow, that was a quick return, ‘ ” Castonzo said.
In fact, six of the 10 out-of-division opponents for the Colts this season were playoff teams in 2015 and that doesn’t include a Christmas Eve matchup against the suddenly risky Oakland Raiders. Trevor Siemian is completing 69.2 percent of his passes for 178 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Luck’s big day may not have been enough for the Colts to win, but it surely led many of his fantasy owners to victory. “But I think in every year I’m trying to approach the game in a better, more efficient way”.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, dealing with a left hip injury, practiced Friday for the third consecutive day on at least a limited basis. Thomas’ workload did not increase Thursday, but the prominence of his repetitions did.
“But we were specific about what we asked him to do running routes and stuff”, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said.
The Indianapolis Colts got good news and bad news last week.
“They did a heckuva job, ” Luck said. “We’ve watched some tape”. As the next big thing in the National Football League, and with his rookie contract winding down, the Colts could not just let him try free agency.
Some of the issues could be attributed to rookie jitters. “I’d say they play hard”. This could be a massive week for the Broncos run game and also some good in game practice with some play action plays to get the ball downfield to Sanders and possibly Thomas, this could be an explosive week for Denver so look for the offense to rush for big yards. So he’s just got to keep working, and I think he will.
Dixon’s net average was solid; at 42.7 yards, it was 10th-best in the league for Week 1.
“I wasn’t surprised”, Ware said about his opening performance.
“Stopping out of breaks, going down field, even taking hits”, Thomas said.
“I’m glad that it’s not me back there”, said Green, who occasionally worked at fullback in recent years.
The Indianapolis Colts have found themselves in a very familiar situation in Week 1. “We’ve got to do a great job of preparing and getting these guys ready to go in all three phases”.
It’s Luck’s turn to face the Broncos defense. The struggle to protect Luck led the Colts to hire former Dolphins coach Joe Philbin to run their offensive line, a role that Philbin excelled in with the Packers and at the college level.
“He played young”, Kubiak said.
What are the key ingredients to victory, presented by Papa Johns, when the Colts travel a couple time zones west to take on the Broncos? He has spent most of this week on the sideline. Phillip Dorsett and T.Y. Hilton have combined for 173 receiving yards on 10 catches while Donte Moncrief has six receptions.
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“Very few times in life do you get to go somewhere where 80,000 people want to call you bad names, ” he said with a smile. “We just have to play great technique and keep the long balls from happening”.
