Colts demolish Jets to boost playoff hopes

The Colts did their part to make it that way with a total beatdown of NY (3-9).

According to CBS Sports, he started 6 of 6 for 93 yards, throwing two touchdowns to Dwayne Allen on the Colts’ first two drives.

Not that Luck had to work very hard against the hosts, who were booed by fans in the much-less-than-filled MetLife Stadium nearly from the outset. Luck, who missed last week with a concussion, was cleared by Friday – much to the Jets’ dismay. The Colts would be in first place in the division with a win over Houston, because they’d have swept the season series with Tennessee. “These guys, they’re great quarterbacks”.

Luck completed 23 of his 29 pass attempts and threw four touchdown passes to vault his team past the moribund Jets.

“It was a great night for everyone”, Allen said. “What type of man do you want to be?’ You go from there”. “It’s not realistic in the National Football League”.

Flawed roster or not, the Indianapolis Colts are in prime positon to take home the AFC South crown come Week 17.

The Jets finally got a first down on their third possession before marching from their 3-yard-line to the Colts’ 3-yard line on their fourth possession. Moncrief caught the ball on the sideline in front of Jets cornerback Darryl Roberts for a 10-yard gain to pick up a first down.

“It was good to get our rhythm going”, he said. “To be up 7-0 (immediately) means a lot”.

Those yardage figures wound up 421 to 250. Ryan Fitzpatrick was struggling to move the offense down the field.

It was 14-0 after the first quarter before Nick Folk’s 38-yard field goal early in the second got NY on the board.

That temporarily quieted the boobirds in the stadium. He did, however, connect with rookie Robby Anderson on a 40-yard touchdown pass with 11:19 remaining. The New York tabloids saw a team devoid of high-level talent get blown out, and their back page editors have come up with the same solution they always do: fire the coach.

According to Jets head coach Todd Bowles none of this really mattered.

The two will talk Wednesday, Bowles says, and adds that he could’ve handled it better.

Win, and in. Even going 3-1 might be enough, but no one inside the Colts’ West 56th Street complex is considering that. In fact, entering this week, the Colts had one win by more than one score since the 2014 season – that’s a span of 27 games with only one win by more than one score.

“We could have won 45-0 and (Petty) would have started the last four games”, Bowles said.

Owner Woody Johnson had a suite-level view to the entire debacle with Vice President-elect Mike Pence sitting comfortably by his side.

NOTES: A moment of silence was held prior to the game in honor of former Jets RB Joe McKnight, who was murdered in a road rage incident last Thursday.

Before the 2016 regular season began, the New York Jets thought they might have a shot at the AFC East.

Colts: LB D’Qwell Jackson left in the fourth quarter with a neck injury. RG Denzelle Good also sustained a concussion.

A 3-9 coach with a four-game losing streak usually doesn’t go to a newbie quarterback unless he feels confident about his job security.

Sunday’s game at Lucas Oil Stadium between the Colts and Texans will decide who is the definite division favorite for the rest of the season. “They just beat us”.