Colts’ Luck is in to ground Jets

“We’ve always felt like we control our own destiny”, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck said. As a matter of fact, the Jets began the game with two-straight 3-and-outs, while the Colts took its opening two drives and rammed in touchdowns.

Bowles said his focus is on Sunday’s game with the 49ers, not his job status.

“We’re not in contention. So it’s too much you can show, you have to see him get a game under his belt where he can run, pass and have some options to do some things”.

Bowles said Tuesday that Fitzpatrick will serve as Petty’s backup for at least the next few weeks.

Andrew Luck just made a ridiculous throw off his back foot.

PACKERS: Defensive tackle Mike Pennel was suspended for the last four games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy after serving a four-game ban to start the year.

Mariota has been excellent this year and deserves praise, but could you imagine him on this Colts team?

The American League won 11 of 14 All-Star Games played under the rule that gave home-field advantage to the World Series victor, and the AL representative won eight World Series in those years. Ryan Fitzpatrick got chased and now the Jets are in the unsteady hands of Bryce Petty for the rest of the season.

“[The defense] did an incredible job”, Luck said. “To just throw him in there right now would be a disservice to the kid”. Fitzpatrick was informed of his demotion moments before he stepped to the interview podium after the game. “I’ll make sure we’ll talk tomorrow morning”. Well, that was really until this week’s loss to the Colts. “Spiller we wanted to take a look at and we wanted to go from there”. Bowles said the conversation with Johnson wasn’t out of the ordinary. Or maybe the Jets have finally quit on the beleaguered Todd Bowles.

Following the 24-16 win over the Baltimore Ravens, Fitzpatrick said self-belief was the biggest thing an National Football League player can possess and declared nobody else in the organization had faith in him. I got some things off my chest. Bowles understands why the fans think that from the outside, but he insists he hasn’t lost the locker. “But I had a lot on my mind”. “It’s been the same for me”. “This was a game we had to get for next week. So I’m OK with that”. But he changed his tune Tuesday.

The Jets are a weirdly put together roster as most of their good players are old or are getting up there.

Calling for the team to fire the head coach one week after they gave the Patriots a relatively competitive matchup seems like a knee-jerk reaction to me, but that’s just par for the course for the NY tabloids. His protection bounces between mediocre to bad (a three man rush sacked him last night). If they want to win the division, Luck has to continue playing at a high level.

“Everybody in the building is upset”, Bowles said.

– Bowles said “it’s possible” center Nick Mangold could be shut down for the remainder of the season. But the optics of Monday night – the empty seats, the lack of effort in the first half – have increased the odds Bowles could be fired. “He tried to do everything he can”, Bowles said. Running backs Matt Forte (nine carries for 25 yards), C.J. Spiller (two carries for five yards) and Bilal Powell (one carry for three yards) were conspicuously absent, while wide receivers Robby Anderson (four receptions, 61 yards, TD) and Brandon Marshall (four receptions, 43 yards), along with running back Matt Forte, stood out in the receiving department.

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