80-yard TD pass: Bortles to Allen Hurns. The Jaguars make the extra point this time.
16-13 Jaguars lead early in the third quarter. If they can just keep the pressure on the Colts.

What a game! Especially after it looked like they gifted the Colts most of their 13 points with those turnovers.

If only the Colts lose this game it would make tonight's game even more exciting for me to watch.

Could not agree more...

Unbelievable! Things are going our way now.

Jaguars are now up two scores. Punt return for a TD: 23-13 Jaguars lead now.

Wow! I didn't expect the Colts to lose 51-16.

That's now 96 points scored against the Colts in their last two games.
Hopefully that's a good sign for the Texans traveling to Indianapolis next Sunday.

0-13 all time at Indianapolis but now there's more motivation to finally win there with so much on the line.
If the Texans can beat the Patriots tonight they'll be all alone in first place and one game ahead of the Colts.

But even if the Texans lose to the Patriots tonight there's no harm done. It still comes down to next Sunday/

I sort of feel bad that a good man in Chuck Pagano is going to be fired if the Colts miss the playoffs.
Who I don't feel bad for is Andre Johnson. Who left the Texans to sign with the Colts just to win.

Andre Johnson could have stayed here and been in the same position. He looks unhappy playing for the Colts just the same.

A little preview from Watt's sit-down interview with Bob Costas tonight.
I'd like to see J.J. Watt sack Tom Brady tonight, one hand and all.

Colts defense is like the worst in the NFL

Congratulations to the Patriots. They have a good chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions.

The Texans can still win the 2015 AFC South if they win their final three games against the Colts, Titans and Jaguars.

The big one is coming up at Indianapolis on Sunday. It's hard to win when you don't have an accurate quarterback passing the ball. I thought Brian Hoyer was off on a lot of passes again tonight before being knocked out with another concussion.

Critical third-down passes, in particular, he under-throws or over-throws almost every pass with guys wide open. He had Ryan Griffin, Nate Washington, Cecil Shorts and DeAndre Hopkins for potential big plays down the field but he throws a lame duck as always. A good quarterback finds a way to make those plays and Brian Hoyer is not a good quarterback.

T.J. Yates may start at Indianapolis on Sunday if Hoyer isn't ready to go. I'm pretty sure Andrew Luck will be back for the Colts as well.

The odds are stacked against the Texans. Chances are we will drop to 0-14 all time at Indianapolis but it would be nice to finally win a road game at INDY. It's going to happen sooner or later. Maybe not in our lifetime but it will happen. Maybe it will happen on Sunday. I doubt it but crazier things have happened.

The one bright spot: Jadeveon Clowney is moving around very well. You can't even tell it's a guy who had microfracture knee surgery a year ago. He's starting to gain a quick first step off the snap. He may turn into a good pro and not a bust. He played extremely well against the Patriots and Bills the past two games even though both were losses.

This is just not a very good Texans team offensively. They started off the season 1-4 for a reason.
Too much inconsistencies at the quarterback position. Amazingly, they're running the ball a lot better though.

I give them credit for still having a chance to win the division. I wish we had Arian Foster though.
We need more playmakers who can score Touchdowns. Our offense stalls on way too many drives.

We'll see what happens on Sunday at Indianapolis. I will go into the game expecting the worst but hoping for the best.

This post was edited by Madmartigan on Dec 13 2015 11:06pm

I feel bad for Brian Hoyer. He looked dazed and confused at the end of the game.
He's taking some vicious hits. I was worried he was going to faint congratulating Tom Brady.



This was his second concussion in the past five games. Derek Newton has been playing horrible at Right Tackle.
Four of the big hits Hoyer took tonight were because of untouched pass rushers that Newton failed to block.

I was slow-motioning those plays and watching them again closely.
It looked like Derek Newton had no clue what his blocking assignment was!!!!
This was perhaps the worst Right Tackle performance I've seen in all of my years of watching the NFL.

I hate to blame Brian Hoyer for all of the offensive woes. The right side of the O-Line has been beyond pathetic.
But Tom Brady had some pass protection issues tonight as well and still made accurate passes when it mattered.

Coaching can help also. The Patriots offense had an amazing game plan and took our pass rush out of the game until the second half. By then they had already built a nice lead and weren't in any danger of losing the game. Once our pass rush was starting to sack and hit Tom Brady it was way too late. A lot of good teams have problems on their offensive line but find ways to minimize the damage and win games.

I hope T.J. Yates starts on Sunday at Indianapolis. Risking a third concussion in just over a month for Brian Hoyer isn't smart.

T.J. Yates has experience playing in big games late in the season. T.J. Yates has also started two playoff games for the Texans before. I'd be okay with him playing in these final three games. Yates is a very poised quarterback and he's no stranger to the big games. He clinched our first AFC South division title back in 2011 with big wins late in that season.

O'Brien on #Patriots: "They coached better than us and played better than us. Give all the credit to them, they did a great job."

O'Brien: "Bad night. Didn't coach well. Too many mistakes."

The Houston Texans have six days to figure out a game plan on how to beat the Colts at Indianapolis.
I've been waiting thirteen long years to see it and it's never happened before (0-13). #EnoughIsEnough

Of all the things that I've ever wanted to see happen in sports that I know will probably never happen (Astros winning a World Series, Texans winning a Super Bowl, USA Men's Soccer winning a World Cup), I just want to see the Houston Texans win a game at Indianapolis.

The odds are on our side that it will finally happen on Sunday, because it's a game that is played there once a year and after thirteen years of losing it's bound to happen because the law of averages is giving me some hope. That's all I have right now... Hope!

The winner on Sunday will take over sole possession of first place in the AFC South at 7-7 going into the final two games.

Everything is on the line and nothing else really matters. How they got here, or who's injured, is irrelevant.
If the Texans take care of business in these final three games they will clinch the 2015 AFC South.

I'm pretty sure the Colts are thinking the same way (focusing on Sunday's big game) after giving up 96 points in their last two games. The Jaguars are probably hoping this game goes to Overtime and ends up in a tie. Truth be told, the Jaguars deserve to win the division this year. They impressed me yesterday and are playing like a legitimate playoff team.

The Texans have shown the past two games that they are a pretender and not a contender.
But that being said, if they finally win at Indianapolis on Sunday, they're all alone in first place.

Not much of a surprise. T.J. Yates will give the Texans the best chance to win right now.
Also, a kidney specialist was on ESPNNEWS a few minutes ago. He said it's very unlikely that Andrew Luck will play on Sunday.

Even if Andrew Luck or Matt Hasselbeck try to play on Sunday they won't be anywhere close to where they should be health wise. The Texans pass rush on defense can take out their frustrations after struggling the past two games.

Both teams are going to play a healthy quarterback in this game with so much on the line.

So sole possession of first place in the AFC South on Sunday could come down to T.J. Yates versus Charlie Whitehurst.

The more you follow the strange storylines on both teams the more you realize neither team is as good as the third-place Jaguars. But the Texans already beat the Jaguars and play them again the final game of the season. It's "at Indy" that haunts us.

If the Texans win this game they'll be in control of the division going into the final two games.

I believe in T.J. Yates.