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Week 14 GDT: Indianapolis Colts vs Houston Texans


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I get the Clowney frustration, but one dumb false start on 3rd and 1 in 4 down territory didn't cost us the game.  Total team loss that shows we have plenty of weeks 1-3 probs still in us.   Watson was awful - 4 of the 5 sacks were on HIM either staring at an obvious blitz and doing nothing to check out of it or find the hot read or holding the ball an absurd amount of time especially in situations where a sack simply can't happen.   Receivers didn't separate all day - Nuk seemed checked out and again watched TY Hilton dominate his home turf.  O-line couldn't run block and usual pre-snap penalties in red zone.  D-line got virtually no pressure, crap tackling, and nobody could cover TY Hilton.   O'Brien burned needed timeouts in each half that burned us (gave the Colts a free play in the 1st to hand them 3 points that was the difference) and some old lack of urgency down 2 scores inside 8 minutes, not to mention going away from the TEs which was all that was working especially with us having a QB playing in the slot.  RAC somehow managed to be too conservative to generate a pass rush yet still leave the corners on islands.  Gaine even gets the L for inexplicably cutting Bruce Ellington and Tyler Ervin leaving us with Joe Webb III playing in the slot with Keke Coutee made of glass. 

That all being said, this is not an end of the world loss.  Shows we have plenty of work to do and if we want respect we have to step up our game against the good teams.  Should have everyone's full attention in practice this week instead of reading press clippings or worrying about new contracts.  Would have been nice to get the bye, but we still have a shot.  Final 3 are all winnable, but ideally we break with tradition and win next 2 on the road and rest up week 17. 

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