Both the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts are flat out desperate for a win, and each one will do whatever they can on Sunday when they face off at Reliant Stadium Sunday. The Colts are coming off the bye week at 1-2, and have not looked like the Colts that the rest of the NFL has had to fear over the years. If there was something about the Colts you could count on at the start of the year was a fast start – but not this season.
They struggled vs the Bears, had to rally vs the Vikings, and blew a late lead at home to the Jags. Now they have to face a Texans team that sits at 0-3 and is as hungry for a win as any team in the league. Houston played their best game of the year in 08 last week in Jacksonville, but blew a late slim lead and then couldn’t stop the Jags in OT in a heart wrenching loss.
Can the Colts start to look like the team that the league has come to expect? It can start this week with Peyton Manning and the offense getting back to form. Manning, who missed all of training camp, has been shaky at best. They have put up 249 yards per game in three games, but have had to rally in two of them, and are hoping to be a little more stable with the WR core and Joseph Addai getting going more with the running game, which is only averaging 64 yards per game – worst in the league.
