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    AFC South and AFC Playoff picture/ Remaining Schedules (MERGE) Updated OP + on page 61 - post week 17. AFC Clinching Scenarios page 61

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    https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/tyler-huntley-aims-to-seize-the-moment-against-steelers

    Tyler Huntley aims to “seize the moment” against Steelers

     

    ...Huntley started the final five games of the 2022 season for the Ravens, including their playoff loss to the Bengals, because Lamar Jackson was injured and unavailable. He’s starting Saturday because the Ravens have the top seed in the AFC and Jackson is resting ahead of their postseason run.

    On Thursday, Huntley said that different circumstances aren’t going to lead to a different approach.

    “I’m just going to seize the moment and do what I do,” Huntley said, via the team’s website. “The Steelers are a physical team, and it’s always a good game. We’ve just got to score points, and our defense is going to handle the rest.”

    Beating the Steelers and keeping them out of the playoffs is always a good thing for a Ravens quarterback, but it’s not the only positive that could come out of Saturday’s game for Huntley. He’ll be a free agent after the season and a good outing could help him earn a better contract in Baltimore or elsewhere for the 2024 season.

     

    NFL Preview Texans at Colts plus injury reports

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    Just now, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    BTW Adams was less than ten yards per catch. It took a ton of targets to get those yards. Colts actually did a very good job on him. No game breaking catches.

    I would beg to differ, although Adams may not have had a lot of big yardage catches, he still ate us up. It seemed he was always keeping long drives alive, by making easy catches on third and long. not to mention, the acrobatic catch for the TD. But giving credit, where it's due, the defender (Jones I believe) did a good job on that play. Just no way to defend it.

    My point is, the Colts knew Adams was literally the only guy they had to try to contain. Yet we still let him have a huge game. Even Tiki Barber, or Ryan (I can't remember which) kept saying this.

     

    However, you make a good point, lets drop this discussion.

    Hopefully you are right, and Collins won't be as effective minus Dell, or away from home, or he forgets to wear his lucky underware, or whatever...

     

    Like I said, I have a good feeling going in to this one.

    ...as you posted earlier, the Vegas line has moved again, and almost all the money is being bet on the Texans.

    Also, most of the talking head experts are picking Houston (-1 1/2 points)

    Taking everything into consideration, I like our chances. My one and only worry is, the Colts can lose by one point, and the house still wins.

    NFL Preview Texans at Colts plus injury reports

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    15 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    They had dell and Collin’s. That is big when you have two. Someone posted how Collin’s stats are much worse on the rode. I looked and they are

    Yeah, but do you really believe it matters if Collins is not playing at home?

    look at last week, the only player on the Raiders that we really had to fear was Davante Adams.

    Fully knowing this, the Colts allowed him to put up 13/126/2 ...which again, is just ridiculous.

    Fortunately, we did win that game. 

    That being said, this is still Gus Bradley's defense, and just being realistic, I have little doubt, Stroud and company are going to kill us passing. Along with that, the Texans will probably put up a good running attack to boot.

    Yet, I have a positive feeling about this game... Most likely, if we are able to at least keep it close for 3 quarters, it will probably come down to Minshew again.

    Let's hope he has one more games worth of his magic!

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    NFL Preview Texans at Colts plus injury reports

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    3 hours ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    He might not have much to throw too. It’s going to be easier to shut Collin’s down with no brown and a limited Robert woods/ we have to do better on sceens because they do that a ton. 
     

    Everyone says Texans are going to win. This would be huge for Colts to play well against the media darling stroud.

    I highly doubt we will shut down Nico Collins.

    In the first meeting he had 7 rec./146 yds/1 td ...which was just ridiculous 

    add to that Tank Dell had 7/72/1 (luckily for us Dell is not playing this time)

    hopefully, this time around, we can at least limit Collins, and not allow him to single handily, blow up the whole game.

    I fully agree with your assessment from an earlier post..,

    the three keys to winning this game lies in:

    stopping Collins.

    containing their TE Schultz,

    and somehow, if only our defense can learn to defend the screen pass

    NFL Preview Texans at Colts plus injury reports

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    7 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    Kelly’s could be bad enough but it looks like he is going to try and go.

    Tunsil has the groin, which even if he goes through the practices, can be a problem during the game.

    I am expecting mostly all of the Texans will play. It looks like Will Anderson is back? but I'm hoping, perhaps Greenard misses? Since their pass rush is my biggest concern, Both of those can give us trouble.

    It would be nice to have Kelly, but I am not worried if Wesley French is called upon. having both Kelly and French for depth is best.

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    NFL Preview Texans at Colts plus injury reports

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    2 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

    What is puzzling to me is how the line has moved to Houston being favored 1.5 now. They were 1 point underdog. I heard on the Bowen show earlier that they said, 90% of people are putting their money on Houston. That can't be right, that number is outrageous. This is a 50/50 game to me, and we even seem healthier going in and at home.

     

    I am not at all surprised by the line moving.

    With the exception of last week, this moving Vegas line, has been the trend, for several Colts games of late.

    When the line opened Monday, with Colts (-1 point) ...I fully expected, that over the course of the week, it would move in favor of Houston.

     

    I'm also not surprised, that so far, most of the so called "experts" are picking the Texans.

     

    I view both of these patterns, as positives, for the Colts in this weeks game.

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    Sudden Death Cage Match: Colts vs. Texans *Saturday 8:15pm (MERGE)

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    1 hour ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

     

     

    https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/colts-sign-juwann-winfree-to-53-man-roster

     

    ..tight end Eric Tomlinson to their practice squad. He appeared in all 17 games with 12 starts for the Broncos last season, catching nine passes for 79 yards with two TDs. He spent training camp with the Texans and was on the Ravens practice squad earlier this season.

     

     

    Born:April 22, 1992 (age 31)
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

    Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

    Weight:263 lb (119 kg)

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    These final two games

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    1 hour ago, Superman said:

     

    Plays from under center in the first half:

     

    1st quarter:

    10:54, 2nd and 8, play action, incomplete pass

    7:42, 1st and 10, toss right to Taylor, 0 yards

     

    2nd quarter:

    13:42, 1st and 10, handoff middle, 0 yards

    3:23, 1st and 10, double fake, screen, incomplete pass

     

    Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy. Two runs from under center, two play fakes from under center, zero success. To your point, if we tried to get the run game going with plays from under center, not just sporadically doing it as a wrinkle, it could have an impact. But the small sample size from the Falcons game isn't encouraging.

    Ok. Glad you found that. Thanks for putting up the quarters and times. I just went and re-watched.

     

    From under center, they ran one toss, and one handoff. And the other two tries were pass attempts.

    That being said, with only one handoff (and one toss)... the sample size, certainly is too small to judge our running capabilities from under center.

    To support my position, a good game to rewatch, would be the second half of the Steelers game. When SS called like 17 straight running plays, many of which, were from under center. During this period, the Colts were able to take control of the line of scrimmage, and the whole team fed off of it.

     

    Actually, I am happy you found they at least tried two runs. It gives me a little bit of hope, that Steichen is not completely committed to running everything, solely, out of the shotgun.  As usual, I will be closely watching the way they line up Sunday vs Raiders.

    I read, the last time we played Las Vegas, Jonathon Taylor had a huge game, (in Jeff Saturdays one and only win)

    Hopefully, right from the first series, (knowing the Raiders have a strong pass rush, led by Crosby) they won't come out passing almost every down... and will give JT a mix of formations to run behind, trying to get him on track, in order to establish our running game.

     

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