Official Texans @ Colts Game Thread, 12/20/2020

[Arky]

The 4-9 Houston Texans head off to Indianapolis this Sunday to play the 9-4 Colts in an early game. The Texans are coming off a 36-7 road loss to the Chicago Bears while the Colts went to Las Vegas and beat the Raiders 44-27. These two met 2 weekends ago with the Colts prevailing 26-20 in a game the Texans should have won. I think we all know most of the players, here so I will get right to the pick:

Colts 38, Texans 24

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TV = CBS (channel 11 local), noon CST, Sunday Dec 20, 2020

Announcers (https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2020&wk=15) = Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon

The line (http://www.madduxsports.com/nfl-odds.php) = Colts by 7 to 7½

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

CBS (late) = Kansas City @ New Orleans, Jim Nantz, Tony Romo

FOX = TBD (https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2020&wk=15)

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Prime time:

TNF = LA Chargers @ Las Vegas (FOX/NFLN)

Saturday (late) = Buffalo @ Denver (NFLN) (Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth), 3:30 pm CST

Saturday (night) = Carolina @ Green Bay (NFLN) (Mike Tirico, Kurt Warner), 7:15 pm CST

SNF = Cleveland @ NY Giants (NBC)

MNF = Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati (ESPN)

[HPF Bob]

while the Colts went to Las Vegas and beat the

...house. Just had to say that once.;)

[Arky]

...house. Just had to say that once.;)

Eheh. That shiny, new stadium and no one in it... smh, facepalm

[Arky]

Looks like (https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2020&wk=15) Houston gets Philadelphia @ Arizona for the late game on FOX today.

For some of us, it will be going up against Chiefs vs. Saints on crappy CBS/Locast at the same time....

[Arky]

Yay, CBS is back at least for now...

[Arky]

Taylor runs one in from 5 yards for the Colts.

Colts 7, Texans 0

5:49 left in the 1st qtr.

[Arky]

Rivers hits Pascal on an 11 yard TD pass.

Colts 14, Texans 0

52 seconds left in the 1st qtr.

[Arky]

Watson finds Hansen wide open for a 38 yard TD.

Nice.

Colts 14, Texans 7

3:46 left in the half.

[Arky]

Fairbairn good from 23 as the half comes to a close.

Colts 14, Texans 10

Halftime.

[Keith]

It's like the Texans have to start every game down two scores before they decide to play the game.

[Arky]

Colts tack on a 35-yard FG by Blankenship.

Colts 17, Texans 10

8:27 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Fairbairn pings one in from 31 yards.

Colts 17, Texans 13

1:19 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Blankenship good from 53 for the Colts.

Colts 20, Texans 13

13:31 left in the game.

[Arky]

Watson hits Coutee for the 9 yard TD pass...

Texans 20, Colts 20

We got us a game.

7:25 to go.

[Arky]

Short pass to Pascal goes for a 5 yard TD.

Colts 27, Texans 20

Only 1:47 left in the game for Watson to work with. Texans have 2 timeouts.

[Keith]

Coutee fumbles through the end zone.


THIS TEAM

[Arky]

So it was the old fumble near the goal line that did the Texans in.

Final score:

Colts 27, Texans 20

I need to find me a team to root for in the playoffs....

[HPF Bob]

It's like the Texans have to start every game down two scores before they decide to play the game.

They play from behind more often than the old Washington Generals.

[HPF Bob]

So it was the old fumble near the goal line that did the Texans in.


Another good day to be a Dolphins fan.

[Arky]

Texans next opponent, the Bengals will play on MNF in about 20 hours.

Early line (http://www.madduxsports.com/nfl-odds.php) has the Texans as a whopping 8½ to 9 pt favorite over the Bengals next Sunday.

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Texan's defense is the worst in the league at creating turnovers. Just 8 all year long. Next in line is 3 teams with 12.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/view/turnovers/table/miscellaneous/sort/totalTakeaways/dir/asc