Colts vs. Texans Prediction, Preview, Game Time, Channel

But that still means the Colts will have a chance to win.

He’s had an up and down season, leading Houston to three wins at home, but struggling in lopsided losses at New England and Minnesota.

The Texans have not been the offense that was advertised after acquiring Osweiler and running back Lamar Miller via free agency and drafting rookie wideout Will Fuller. The absence of J.J. Watt is nice for the Colts but it’s not enough to debilitate the Texans defense. He’s coming off a 174-yard performance against the Chicago Bears in Week 5.

The Texans did not see Colts QB Andrew Luck in 2015, when they dethroned Indianapolis as the AFC South champion.

After Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton burned them with 10 catches for 171 yards and the game-winning touchdown last week, the Bears face a huge challenge in Jaguars wide receiver Allen Robinson, who had 80 receptions for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns last season. And that’s slower than where Luck was in 2014, when he was averaging 2.68 seconds, though he led the league with 20 touchdowns on passes that took longer than the league average to throw.

Our offense has been quite shaky as of late for a lot a reasons but largely because of the tentative play of Brock Osweiler.

If you’re ranking the fastest wide receivers in the league, chances are high that a few of the top candidates are playing on Sunday night. WR T.Y. Hilton had career-high 223 yards receiving against Houston on October 9, 2014.

The other receiver: So much attention is rightfully paid to Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who is coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons.

Can Bill O’Brien’s squad come away with a win and hold serve at home?

GOAT. One of the lone positives for the Colts season is that they have figured out how to stop the aging process. Defensively, the Colts are yielding 29.6 points and 410.6 (301.0 in passing and 109.6 in rushing) per game against the opposing teams. Last season, he caught eight passes for 117 yards in two games with no touchdowns. He never looks at any glass as half empty and considers every day a bonus after his battle against leukemia.

As usual, this one should boil down to strength vs. strength – Houston’s relentless pass rush against the Colts’ leaky protection. Lose and they’ll be two games behind the Texans in the division. They’ve had Houston’s number in the past no matter how good or bad the pair has been but this meeting could be a little different. Expecting Pagano to make filet mignon out of bologna seems a tad unrealistic to this old scribe, and it points back directly to Grigson and even Colts owner Jim Irsay in terms of accountability for a roster that, even when healthy, lacks depth and NFL-level talent.