Andrew Luck optimistic about return to Colts’ practice

He remains hopeful that he will be given the green light to play Sunday against Houston.

All may be topics when discussing the Jaguars in the wake of a 51-16 victory over their AFC South rival, the Indianapolis Colts, at EverBank Field Sunday.

Notes: Linebacker Erik Walden (foot) and cornerback Greg Toler (knee) are expected to return to practice Wednesday after missing Sunday’s game.

“I know we started off a little slow, but we came back and were very efficient, and the balance that we were looking for with the run and the pass was there”, Jacksonville coach Gus Bradley said. “He’s absolutely ripping it”. The first was an 80-yard march in 8 plays and finished with a 4-yard pass to Allen Robinson. He has shattered David Garrard’s previous team record for TD passes in a season, 23 set in 2010, and needs just 586 yards in the final three games to break Mark Brunell’s franchise mark (4,110 in 1996) for passing yards in a season. Andre Branch scored on a 49-yard fumble return. NFC East teams are 22-30 overall and 13-21 outside the division (38 percent). DeAndre Hopkins and Nate Washington have combined for 1,813 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns while Cecil Shorts III has 42 receptions.

Former Georgia and Auburn standout Nick Marshall appears to have found a home in Jacksonville’s secondary.

The Colts will look to keep their playoff hopes alive and extend their all-time home winning streak against the Texans to 14 games Sunday. Wide receiver T.Y. Hilton caught four passes for 132 yards, including a 57-yard completion from Hasselbeck. Later, when asked about Luck’s comments today regarding how he would hopefully practice this week, Pagano said that, “I have not heard anything from our trainers or doctors on that”. “There is some general information you give, but my hope is our focus quickly shifts back to us and the lessons that took place yesterday and how we could grow from them”. “Everybody counted us out, everyone is off the bandwagon, we’ve got nothing to lose, just win”.

Bradley was not sure if the move was permanent, but Marshall did enough to earn another chance. Second-year man Jordan Tripp made his first National Football League start and had four tackles. When teams do break the half-century barrier, it’s usually the result of an exceptional individual performance; in 26 of the NFL’s 36 50-point games since 2006, the high-scoring team’s primary passer posted a score of 90 or better on Total QBR’s 0-to-100 scale, where 50 is average.

Hasselbeck led the Colts to a 27-20 win at Houston on October 8, so a sweep of the season series would put Indianapolis in the driver’s seat to win the division and secure a fourth consecutive playoff berth with two games remaining.

As far as firing your head coach while you’re still in the hunt for a division title – that’s too rock and roll insane even for Jim Irsay. “He’s a really unique teacher”.

The Atlanta Falcons are sinking fast, with seemingly no life preserver in sight to save their once-promising season. Not only that, but the Jaguars switched up what they did in coverage quite a bit by playing a lot more straight man rather than a Cover-3 shell. There had been talk his job was in jeopardy if he ended the season with six losses in a row, but he now seems to be safe. There was no flag because Hasselbeck was still inbounds when the hit was delivered, but it was clear he was giving himself up, thus there was no need for any contact.