Texans vs. Colts AFC South Showdown: Playoff Berth on the Line
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00:00 the finale of the doubleheader of the night cap in Indianapolis
00:08 and AFC shows South Showdown with a playoff berth on the line.
00:13 It's the Texans and the Colts win and you are in the winner of this game.
00:18 Donnie will earn a playoff berth into the AFC.
00:21 A couple of other ramifications we'll discuss in just a moment,
00:24 but Houston a very slight favorite a point and a half in Indy minus 116 on the money line,
00:31 but minus 102 on the other side for Indianapolis and over under a 47 and a half.
00:37 Donnie this is what you want for a week 18 regular season finale.
00:41 Win and you are in and the money line difference is only 14 cents between two divisional foes.
00:48 Yeah this is a true coin flip here it really is and who would have thought that CJ Stroud
00:52 and Gardner Minch will be battling out week 18 for a playoff spot on the line.
00:56 Not very many people would have had that there on their bingo cards and the interesting part
01:00 is going to be is last week you saw a 26 to 3 victory here for Houston over the Titans.
01:05 The Titans certainly imploded that was a nice win for Houston,
01:08 but the offense still a little bit dormant here Ben 111 yards on the ground which is fine
01:11 4.0 yards per carry, but you take a look at the yards in the air 201.
01:16 Now what we have we've been used to here for that Houston offense is really high flying on offense
01:20 and using their offense as opposed to their defense to win games more in shootouts here,
01:24 but if you take a look and I understand that CJ Stroud has missed a couple games,
01:27 but it's 264 versus the Denver squad that you beat 22 to 17 then 54 yards 192 178 and finally
01:34 with CJ Stroud back 201. Now granted Tennessee is always going to try to muck it up and slow it down.
01:40 You take a look at Cleveland. Cleveland does have obviously a really good defense here,
01:43 so some things get a little bit mixed here. The one thing that we do know the Colts don't
01:47 have a sensational defense. This game is played in a dome and I like both of these head coaches
01:51 being aggressive with offense, even though Demeko Rhymes is not an offensive coordinator.
01:56 He's letting the offensive coordinator know yes, fourth and one we're going for it.
01:59 Shane Steichen will go for it anytime, anywhere, anywhere on the field as you saw last year when
02:03 he's the Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator as well. So for myself, I think this is a true
02:08 coin flip of the game, but the one thing I'm actually confident in this game is being played
02:12 in a dome. We should have an up and down tempo in this one between two offenses not relying on
02:17 their defense to win a football game. I actually think we get a high scoring game in a win and
02:22 get in scenario. I'll take the over as opposed to a side in this game.
02:26 [Music]