Texans at Colts

Talk about giving it the old college try.
A depleted Houston Texas team strolled into Indianapolis and fired every shot they had, only to realize their 6-shooter was no match for the Colt’s 45.

A wild first quarter, capped by alternating pick-6 INT returns, left Houston trailing 21-14, trying to find a way to slow down the potent Colt offense.

“I come back from the injured list to face Peyton and the Colts,” Brian Cushing said. “Talk about jumping into the frying pan.”

As strong as the Colts were, the Texans made it very clear they had no intentions of lying down though, as back up QB Dan Orlovsky threw for 495 yards and 4 TDs. The problem, however, were the two INTs and a Jacoby Jones fumble.

“They really didn’t slow us down offensively much,” Orlovsky said. “They made plays when they needed to, for sure, but we weren’t exactly shut down.”

Amazing, considering the Texans are without Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson and now center Chris Myers.

“We have just nicknamed ourselves Idaho, because half our team seems to be a MASH unit,” head coach Gary Kubiak said. “We get one person back, and another replaces him.”

“I come back,” said Cushing, “and Demeco Ryans goes out for four weeks. Sure would be nice to see what we can do with a healthy roster.”

Not helping the Texans cause was Neal Rackers, who missed two critical FGs, putting the Texans in a hole too difficult to crawl out of.

“Those were long kicks, but I should make them. It’s like there’s a lag between what I want my leg to do and what actually happens,” Rackers said.

As the 4th quarter drew to a close, the Colts did perform a couple of breaches of etiquette, which left a bitter taste in the Texans’ mouth.

“They outplayed, and that’s cool,” Jacoby Jones (10 catches 226 yds, 3 TDs) said. “But, to go for 4th and inches when up by 10, and then going spread offense to get another TD? Not cool man.”

“Our job is to stop them, and we didn’t do it,” cornerback Kareem Jackson said. “Is what it is. Just gotta improve.”