Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Colts at Texans

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7:25 p.m. today Central CBS/NFL

LINE — Texans by 1

LAST MEETING Colts beat the Texans 17-10, Dec. 14, 2014 LAST WEEK Colts beat Jaguars 16-13, OT; Texans lost to Falcons 48-21 RANKINGS Colts: offense (21), defense (27); Texans: offense (7), defense (11)

NOTES Colts have won 15 consecutiv­e against AFC South opponents. … QB Andrew Luck is expected to play after sitting out last week with shoulder injury. He is 5-1 against Houston with 14 touchdowns and 3 intercepti­ons. … WR Andre Johnson spent first 12 seasons in Houston. He had just one game without a catch with Texans, but has had two in last two weeks. … Johnson (1,019) needs six catches to pass Isaac Bruce for eighth most in NFL history. … LB D’Qwell Jackson leads Colts with 47 tackles, including 17 last week. … K Adam Vinatieri (1,004) became Colts’ all-time leading scorer last week and first player in NFL to score 1,000 or more points with two teams after scoring 1,158 for New England. … WR Donte Moncrief has touchdown in three of Colts’ last four games. … Texans QB Ryan Mallett (Arkansas) will make first career start within division. … Tonight will be 150th career game for WR Nate Washington. … In last 9 games DE J.J. Watt has 15 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, fumble recovery, safety, 6 passes defensed and a touchdown catch. … LB Brian Cushing leads Texans with 33 tackles, including 11 last week. … RB Arian Foster made season debut last week after missing first three games after groin surgery. Foster and had eight carries for 10 yards. … Fantasy Tip: WR DeAndre Hopkins had nine catches for 157 yards last week and has 816 yards receiving with five touchdowns in last nine games. Hopkins might get even more targets with WR Cecil Shorts out with shoulder injury, making him even more attractive fantasy option.

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