Not On The Clock Quite Yet

Max Miceli

Colts     19
Texans  16


That's what the Colts are saying after winning a Thursday Night Football game at Lucas Oil Stadium to improve their winning streak to two.
   With 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Colts fans were torn between rooting for the #1 overall draft pick and a win against a rival they had never lost against before at home. Even though before the game owner of the Colts Jim Irsay said that he "wouldn't hesitate" to take a great quarterback early in the draft, the Colts didn't play like they wanted Andrew Luck joining their team next year.
   On the Colts last drive of the game, Houston penalties put Indianapolis within five yards of the goal line, and star wide out Reggie Wayne took the game into his own hands from there. All week long Reggie told the Colts quarterback Dan Orlovsky to "throw left", and that's exactly what Dan did. Reggie caught a game winning pass that improved Indy's record to 2-13.
   This puts a lot into question though.
   With the Colts 2-13, who is going to get Andrew Luck in April?

Here is all you need to know about the Colts status with the #1 overall pick in the draft:

If the Colts lose against Jaguars next week, they will officially on the clock.
If the Rams and Vikings win either of their two games left, the Colts will get the pick.

So what did this game show us?
   The Colts haven't quit. This Indianapolis team has shown a lot of heart by playing hard despite being 0-13 through week 14. This two game win streak has shown that Jim Caldwell hasn't given up on his players, and his players are returning the favor. Unfortunately this may just lose them Andrew Luck.
   This game also proved to us that the Texans are by no means ready for the playoffs at all. If they want to have any chance to win in the playoffs they, are going to need to get their star receiver Andre Johnson healthy, and even then, without Matt Schaub playing quarterback, they don't have much of a chance to make a deep run into the playoffs.