Indianapolis – The Indianapolis Colts (4-2) have now won two straight games and three straight against the Houston Texans. QB Jacoby Brissett, who finished with 26-of-39 for 326 passing yards and a career best 4 touchdowns to lead the Colts past the Texans 30-23 and reclaim the AFC South lead. Brissett had a career best passing yards, a career best passer rating (126.7), and was sacked once in the game. Houston (4-3) got off to a rocky start by kicking fields goals in three red-zone trips in the first half. QB Deshaun Watson was 23-of-34 with 308 passing yards, one touchdown, two interceptions, and was sacked three times as the Texans tried to rally a comeback. With 26 seconds left in the game, Watson threw an interception to All-Pro LB Darius Leonard to sealed the win for the Colts. Colts did get a boost in the receiving game from WR Zach Pascal, who had six receptions for 106 yards (career-high) and WR TY Hilton caught six passes for 74 yards..Marlon Mack rushed 18 times for 44 yards, he could not get anything going against the Texans 8th rank rushing defense..Colts has scored at least 23 points in 11 consecutive home games..Colts defense still has not allowed a 100-yard rusher in now 24 consecutive games. Great win by the Indianapolis Colts.

HorseshoeMob,
Josh Senior

Week 7: October 20th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm.

INDIANAPOLIS – A showdown between division rivals the Indianapolis Colts (3-2) and Houston Texans (4-2). Houston will travel up to Indianapolis to face a Colts team coming off a bye week. Houston is coming off a victory, upsetting the Kansas City Chiefs in Arrowhead. For the Colts, this was a much needed bye, as they get two weeks of preparation and get healthy. All-Pro Linebacker Darius Leonard has been cleared from concussion protocol, and his return is a major boost for the Colts defense. Colts defense will face QB Deshaun Watson, who is coming off a 30-of-42 passing (71.4 %) for 280 yards, one touchdown (one rushing touchdown), and two interceptions performance. He was not sacked in that contest. Colts should get pressure on Watson, as he has been sacked 18 times, ranked 5th in the NFL. Colts must continue to feature RB Marlon Mack in the run-heavy Frank Reich’s offense. The third-year running back is averaging 94 ypg, 5th in the NFL. The important stat involves Mack’s workload. He’s averaging 20.2 carries per game, second to Carolina’s stud Christian McCaffrey (21.2). He set a career-high with 29 carries in the upset of the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Colts running game that traditionally has been in the bottom of the league, now sits at No. 4 (142 ypg) heading into Sunday’s AFC South showdown with the Houston Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium. The winner of this matchup will hold the top spot in the AFC South.

– Colts Writer, Josh Senior

I’m really developing a love affair with this year’s Washington Nationals ball club. They started out the season 19-31 after being swept by the New York Mets. There were calls for (including by me) the firing of skipper Dave Martinez. Since then, this team has gone on to win 93 games and earn their fifth playoff birth in the last eight years. This includes a 4-3 wild card win over the Milwaukee Brewers in which they were down 3-1 going into the bottom of the eighth inning until one of the “youngins”, 20 year old Juan Soto gave the Nats the lead with a three run hit.

The winning pitcher of that game was Steven Strasberg. While being a starter this year (18-6), Manager Martinez decided on a paradigm shift, asking Strasberg if he were willing to pitch relief if necessary. This was a big deal because of his known proclivity with his routine. Stras simply said, “I pitched relief in college.” He ended up being the winning pitcher.

Next up is this year’s major league juggernaut. The Dodgers won 106 games en route to this years matchup. After being shut out 6-0 in game one, the Nats took game two behind six innings of three hit (10 strikeouts), one run ball by Strasburg. Also contributing on the mound is our other starter/reliever Max Scherzer, who struck out the side to snuff out an L.A. rally. After the game, Scherzer provided the quote of the series: “There is no routine in the postseason. There is no routine right now, It’s come to the park ready to compete.”

On the brink of elimination after being rocked in game three (10-4), they bounced back to take game four behind yet another effort of four hit one run ball by Scherzer, aka, The Bulldog.

Excuse me for being old-fashioned, but for me pitching and defense win championships. Going into game 5, we got momentum and our ace (excuse me, our other ace) Strasberg going.

All I can ask for.

– Breezy G

Left at 2-2, licking wounds before heading into Arrowhead to play the talented and dominant Kansas City Chiefs led by phenom QB Patrick Mahomes and 2018 league MVP. The loss to the Raiders stung like a right hook from Riddick Bowe and also revealed some deficiencies for the 2019 Indianapolis Colts. Outside the top half of the league and with injuries to key players like 2018 NFL Defensive rookie of the year LB Darius “Maniac” Leonard (Concussion) Wide receiver TY Hilton( quadracep) and FS Malik Hooker (knee) who has been compared to the likes of newly inducted Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed by many NFL experts. This Colts team is a team that simply doesn’t seem good enough to make it over the hump, But the biggest issue the Colts face seems to be is trying to get a defense that finished 11th in the NFL, 2018 season back to where they left off. So far they’ve given up 363 yards per game(yuck 🤪) 24 yards more than they gave up last season….The Colts only have two sacks in the past two games, after tallying up eight in the first two weeks of the season. Maybe defensive coordinator Matt Eberflush has something up his sleeve, if he does week 5 would be time to show it against the Chiefs on the road cause this definitely won’t be a cake walk.

– Mike Nickelz

Today’s blog is about one of the top players in the NBA: LaBron James. But this entry has nothing to do with his exploits on the court.

One of his sons, LaBron “Bronny” James Jr. is currently one of the top players for his 14 and under age group in the country. Yes, he is already getting college scholarship offers.

His son was preparing to play in a AAU tournament game in the pre-game layup line when Bron-Bron jumped in the line and started shooting layups with the other kids. But of course, his layups weren’t regular layups. They were actually on the level of NBA All-Star dunks, which is kind of ironic for me seeing that he makes a point not to participate in the actual NBA dunk contests they hold during the league All-Star games. But I digress.

While the kids loved it, some people had a problem with it. And in LaBron’s case, some people means millions. This included people saying that he was exploiting his son by building the James brand. Others, on the other hand saw it as quality time with his son.

Is this too much or like Luther said, never too much?

I had a father who provided me all of my material needs to give me a chance at success. This included giving me the opportunity to attend one of the top prep schools in the city. I did not want for anything that I could put my hands on.

But he was not there for emotionally. He never attended any of my games. It’s important for you to know that I do not resent him for this. I loved my father very much. As I always say, he didn’t know how to be a father on an emotional level just as much as I didn’t know how to be a son emotionally to him if you can understand that.

Having said that, I don’t have a problem with what Bron-Bron did. While just being able to see my father in stands would have meant the world to me, I would have gotten a kick of seeing him running lay ups.

Fathers, take time to see your children participate in athletic events. It is one of the best investments you can make in your child’s development. Take it from somebody who never knew.

– BreezyG

Luck has gone through hardships in his early career with lack of talent on the roster. Without him, the Colts would’ve been a laughing stock in the NFL in his early years. It all came down to getting the right GM for the job to come in and change not only the culture ,but the roster and the way rival teams view the Indianapolis Colts as a football franchise to better help Luck. Building the offensive line and finally getting it right after all those years of whiffs on draft night, getting younger and faster on defense, getting the best coaches, getting difference-makers on offense on and off the field, being versatile throughout the roster, which i believe is key for making this roster the best Luck has had in his short career.

Ballard wants the roster to be deep..deep to the point that the best players they cut are being signed by someone else immediately..He’s said that’s how he wants to get the roster, and Ballard believes it is almost there.

#ForTheShoe

–  Mike Nickelz

HEY GUYS!! Paul here, i am back and feeling better than ever. I was away for awhile but i had to be. I had to stay motivated and push myself so I started playing softball on my friends team last month. I feel like Omar now!! He’s a rebel, a guy who just calls it like he sees it and it reminds me to be more like him. I’m gonna have to travel to go to the beach this year<just like most years. Summer is coming though and i am so excited regardless.  Great shows lately guys, i have been tuning in and liking everything i hear. Great job guys, keep up the good work.a I told my friend Mitch about you guys too…..he’s a surfer but i told him to listen bro….. dude. Tell Omar he is the MAN!!
Sincerely,
Paul