As usual, the Colts were plagued by injuries, and as usual it didn’t matter because whatever undrafted free agents and waiver-wire acquisitions suited up for Indianapolis played like polished pros. Cornerback Justin Tryon, shipped out by the Redskins, started for Indianapolis. TMQ thinks his nickname should be “Two Garments Only.” Get it?
The Colts sent in the field goal unit on fourth-and-goal from the Houston 1-yard line late in the third quarter. Normally high-percentage football says go for it in this situation. If you fail, the opponent is pinned at his goal line. In this case the kick made sense because it put the home team ahead by 17 points, more than two touchdowns.
Later, Colts leading 30-17 with six minutes remaining, Houston punted. Who cares if it was fourth-and-9? The Moo Cows’ punt was the game-over moment, as Gary Kubiak traded any chance of victory for good odds of keeping the final score close. What happened on the snaps before the game-over punt? Houston entered with the league’s fifth-ranked rushing offense, Indianapolis entered with the league’s 28th-ranked rushing defense. Yet at money time, the Texans went incompletion, short pass, short pass, punt.
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