Then the second half happened. The Texans were held to 189 total net yards, seven first downs and 24:46 time of possession in the defeat. That hiked the Jaguars lead to 23-12 with just under 12 minutes left in the third quarter. The first was an 80-yard march in eight plays that finished with a 4-yard pass to wide receiver Allen Robinson. “Nothing definitive”, Castonzo said. Give (Jacksonville) credit, they played great football.
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-The Colts have been outscored the last two weeks by 70 points, 96-26. The Jags beat Miami 62-7 in the 1999 postseason. Soon. The Colts are in a swoon. The two players have a combined 41 starts but have only three interceptions (all by Gratz) and 18 pass breakups. Even some of his teammates have noticed that teams are suddenly playing better against Hasselbeck. With the Colts struggling toward the playoffs and his job security very much in question, Indy’s head coach offered up the one thing anyone can be sure of in this insane world of ours: our employers are not going to murder us and then consume us for sustenance.
“They understand the circumstances, we all do”.
Bortles also rushed for a touchdown, as did running back Denard Robinson. The last two opponents have each returned one punt for a touchdown.
The Jaguars had lost six in a row in the series, but ended that skid with a dominant second-half performance. That comes on the heels of a 63-yard return against Tennessee that set up a Jaguars touchdown.
“He showed up in practice”, Jacksonville coach Gus Bradley said.
Coach Chuck Pagano said Monday that he had nothing new to report about Luck’s availability.
Indeed, the Colts lost 44-17 at Jacksonville in December 2006 and regrouped to win it all. The Colts are also 6-7 but have allowed 96 cumulative points in consecutive losses.
“You can climb from the depths, from the bottom of the valley all the way up the mountain top”. You’ve got to answer, and we didn’t answer. We’ll see if he can increase his activity this week and return to action.
The (possible) final count for Matt Hasselbeck? Luck is slowly working his way back from a lacerated kidney and has not been fully cleared to practice yet.
Week 15: If the Texans win in Indianapolis, they’ll clear their most hard hurdle. The Colts have to beat Houston to make the playoffs and I doubt this version of the Colts can do it without Luck right now. “We do too much stupid stuff, too much”. Frank Gore got 60 yards in the loss while Daniel Herron rotated in with 16 yards.
“When you take time off, it takes a little more time to get back into it”, Luck said of the conditioning aspect for his rehab. They are now tied atop the AFC South with Houston, but the Jaguars are fast approaching. “But we all know what we signed up for”. “We just can’t keep our heads down”. This team is unsure when it will get Luck back.
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Outside of a 57-yard reception given up to Pro Bowl wide receiver T.Y. Hilton in the first half, Marshall was largely successful. Matt Hasselbeck left Sunday’s loss to Jacksonville with a rib injury, leaving this week’s starter for the Colts in flux. So could inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman, who has missed the last two games with hamstring and rib injuries. I’m grateful that these guys hung tough, stuck with it and came out the way they practiced. We made this bed.
