The Houston Texans may have won the AFC South but the Indianapolis Colts sure didn’t care. They gladly took the six seed, traveled to Houston and dominated the Texans 21-7 in the first Wild Card game of the 2018 NFL season. The Colts go to Kansas City to face the top seed Chiefs while the winner of tomorrow’s Chargers-Ravens game will face the Patriots.
The margin of victory may not show as much of a blowout but despite just winning by 14, the Colts were in control for the entire game.
Andrew Luck was slinging the ball all game long and started things off with a 38 yard bomb to T.Y. Hilton, setting up an Eric Ebron touchdown.
TY showing up big today 😤 @TYHilton13 pic.twitter.com/tr92zHvRKx
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) January 5, 2019
After a Texans’ three and out, the Colts marched back down the field. Marlon Mack got the Colts down the field during this drive with a 25 yard run to start things off and then capping it off with a touchdown all before the end of the first quarter.
Colts came to play today 👀 pic.twitter.com/woUcsIrkr1
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) January 5, 2019
After both teams traded interceptions, Luck got his second TD of the day, throwing to Dontrelle Inman and having a 21-0 lead going into halftime.
Inman with the TD and ZEZE 😂 pic.twitter.com/HYVLc1El9a
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) January 5, 2019
After that, it was about Indianapolis protecting their big lead and they were effective. The Texans scored early in the fourth quarter and that might have sparked a flicker of a comeback but the Colts took care of that.
After starting the season 1-5, the Colts became the third team to make the playoffs with that low of a record after six games. After that 1-5 stretch, Indianapolis went 9-1 and despite a 6-0 shutout to the Jaguars, the Colts were flawless. Even though the Chiefs are the top seed at 12-4, they have lost two of their last three. The Colts may be the six seed but they may give KC a test.
