On the first play after Jacksonville kicker Jason Myers hooked what would’ve been a game-winning 48-yard field goal attempt, Fleener got open deep for a 28-yeard gain to the Jaguars’ 34, and from there it seemed inevitable the Colts would set up Vinatieri for the game-winner. But Hasselbeck did what Brandon Weeden, Michael Vick, Luke McCown and Josh McCown hadn’t been able to do when they were called on to replace their respective franchise quarterbacks: win their first start. The 40-year old showed he still had it, finishing 30-for-47 for 282 yards and a touchdown. However, in Dwayne Allen‘s absence (ankle), Fleener became one of Hasselbeck’s go-to targets with 9 receptions for 83 receiving yards and the above depicted touchdown reception on the afternoon.
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With the score tied at 13, Jacksonville forced Indianapolis into back-to-back punts and even moved to the brink of Myers’ field goal range with 6 seconds left. The Colts may be planning for Luck to play now, but this injury appears to be a day-to-day situation. Multiple league sources say Andrew Luck is considered “50/50 at best” to play against Houston. They were flagged 17 times for 135 yards in their 24-10 loss to the New York Giants, and saw two touchdowns taken off the board because of penalties. He was absolutely the reason why the Colts pulled off the 16-13 win in overtime.
Indianapolis Colts’ Frank Gore (23) runs out of the tackle of… Instead, they escaped. Instead, they celebrated a win over a team they probably should have been able to beat much more easily with or without Luck.
Last year, in 16 starts for the 49ers, Gore only had 2 fumbles lost the entire season.
Sadly, Colts coach Chuck Pagano did not send Hasselbeck out for the overtime coin toss, either because he’s a dour old man with no appreciation of comedic parallels, or because that shit happened 12 years ago and he just plain forgot.
“To be a great team and get to the top of the AFC South, we have to capitalize when we have the chance”, Cyprien said.
The Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars’ public relations staffs apologized to Watson for the incident. I bought in fully to former general Gene Smith, I was one of the last people off the Blaine Gabbert train to nowhere, and I even briefly deluded myself into thinking drafting a punter in the third round wasn’t completely asinine. When the batted ball hit the ground, it was effectively downed by the Colts, but they did not ground it or pick it up and hand it to the official. We’ve just got to make a play, whether it’s a throw or a catch or whatever.
And especially the 13 penalties for 92 yards. Combined, he made 65 of his 71 field goal attempts in his previous two seasons with the team.
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-CB Jalil Brown suffered a groin injury and will be evaluated Monday.
