Houston hype......Why??

[NightCap424]

INDIANAPOLIS is 14-1 straight up against HOUSTON since 1992

When are people going to realize that Houston doesn't have the coaching or the clutch players to win close games? They have two great examples already this season with their games against Indy earlier and Tennessee on Monday. Houston is done......can't win the division and playoff aspirations are flushing themselves down the toilet as we speak. Indy can clinch the division this week and trust me, Peyton will understand the importance of locking up the division and clinching home field.

Someone want to give me some logic as to why Houston is the play? I am playing Indianapolis -3 (locked in), but I'm curious why people are throwing their money away on somethinig other than Black Friday?

[cuse_man]

colts defense is terrible ?

[NightCap424]

Playing with all injury subs, I agree, however the D-Line is pretty legit......if the D is so bad, explain the Baltimore game as well as the previous Houston game.

[NightCap424]

Colts are 15th in total defense and Houstin is 18th.......Colts are 3rd in total offense and Houston is 9th.

So, with that said, does it really matter how bad the Colts D is? I'd take Peyton Manning over Matt Schaub any day of the week.....

[Forecasting Floyd]

Originally Posted by cuse_man

colts defense is terrible ?

Trivia time, what defense is averaging a league best 15.7pts a game this season?

[NightCap424]

Originally Posted by Forecasting Floyd

Trivia time, what defense is averaging a league best 15.7pts a game this season?

& Houston is 20.8

[Forecasting Floyd]

Furthermore, the Colts have surrendered a league low 7 passing touchdowns and only 7 rushing touchdowns. This defensive unit overall, is underrated in my opinion and certainly showed this past week against Baltimore. Far from terrible.

I will be on the Colts as well this weekend.

[The Nac]

Originally Posted by Forecasting Floyd

Furthermore, the Colts have surrendered a league low 7 passing touchdowns and only 7 rushing touchdowns. This defensive unit overall, is underrated in my opinion and certainly showed this past week against Baltimore. Far from terrible.

I will be on the Colts as well this weekend.

Not sure if it's fair to compare Baltimore's O to Houston's. While the Ravens run game is far superior to Houston's, name me 1 guy on Baltimore that will demand as much attention as Andre Johnson. There isn't one. The glaring difference in this game is that kid. Slaton/Brown/Moats/whoever is running the ball aside for Houston, the difference will be Andre 3000. Schaub getting him the ball is the only chance they have to win this. Indy shuts him down, it's a landslide victory.

[cuse_man]

ravens offense sucks

[Romanowski]

only way to beat the colts is to slow down the game, win TOP and run the ball very well

none of which houston can do

gl

[NightCap424]

Who ever said Baltimore's O was good?? Simply put, Colts give up fewest pts in the NFL and the Texans are struggling to say the least.

[cptkirk321]

Are we talking about the same Indy team that needed a missed field goal on the last play of the game to avoid OT and to beat the Texans at home just a couple of weeks ago by 3? The same Colts team who in their past 4 games have managed to score more than 20 points once? The same Colts team that needed a chippy field goal missed last week to avoid losing? Are we talking about this Colts team?

[NightCap424]

Yup, we sure are....good teams get lucky and find ways to win. What has Houston shown us this year? THEY CAN'T CLOSE GAMES....

[NightCap424]

Have the Saints looked good in all of their games? noooope

[cuse_man]

Originally Posted by NightCap424

Who ever said Baltimore's O was good?? Simply put, Colts give up fewest pts in the NFL and the Texans are struggling to say the least.

noone ( you ? ) u said:

"if the D is so bad, explain the Baltimore game as well as the last houston game"


so just saying... ravens O sucks and that should explain some of it. Then as far as the last Texans game goes I have been saying ever since daniels went out... huge blow huge blow to the offense. Daniels is probably as important as Johnson in that offense... not to mention they were still fumbling around with slaton/moats then... and colts STILL could have easily lost.... I had colts ML with a decent chunk and I thought I had a good chance to lose that one. If you remember the texans drove and missed a FG that woulda tied it... and that as AFTER peyton retook the lead.... Now texans are home... and the offense should be better off than when they last played... and the RB should be a bit more stable here.

I am not saying I like the texans necessarily ( rarely do i bet against peyton ) but you cant ignore what is in front of you. The texans secondary is not good either... If this is as close as last time it might repeat itself... last team that has the ball has a good chance to win yea ? That does not seem like a good enough edge to me to make a play!