Editor’s note: NESN.com’s Mike Cole, Ricky Doyle and Andre Khatchaturian deliver their NFL picks every Thursday of the season, and here’s who they like in the Houston Texans-Indianapolis Colts Week 14 game, with the line from OddsShark.
Houston Texans at (-6) Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Mike: Colts. Houston technically leads the AFC South, but only six teams have a worse point differential on the season. Indy has some swagger with Andrew Luck back, and it’ll look to avenge a Week 6 loss to Houston.
Andre: Colts. The Texans’ pass rush has missed J.J. Watt in 2016, posting just a 5.2 percent sack percentage compared to a 7.5 percent mark last season. If you give Luck time, he?ll hurt you, which he did against Houston in Week 6. The Colts led 23-9 in the fourth quarter before Brock Osweiler and the Texans made a miraculous comeback and won in overtime.
Ricky: Colts. Indianapolis’ defense is beatable, but Houston — much like the Jets on Monday night — doesn’t have the offense to expose the Colts’ flaws. The Texans also are dealing with injuries to defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and cornerback Johnathan Joseph, so that works in the Colts’ favor in their quest to put up points against an otherwise decent D.
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