The Tennessee Titans visit the Indianapolis Colts this Sunday in a game that is crucial to the playoff hopes of the Colts and the Titans. The contest will be live streaming online and will start at 1:00 PM ET.
The Colts have been a difficult team to predict, beating such elite teams as the San Francisco Forty-Niners, Seattle Seahawks, and the Denver Broncos but then turning around and losing by 30 to the lowly St. Louis Rams. They will try to get back on track against the visiting Titans, who have lost five in a row in Indianapolis.
Two weeks after its worst home defeat in two decades, 38-8 to St. Louis, Indianapolis (7-4) fell behind 27-3 at the half en route to another humbling 40-11 loss at Arizona this past Sunday.
Andrew Luck, a great, young quarterback who was the first pick in the NFL Draft last year, has been inconsistent in this, his second year in the league.
Tennessee will try to get off to another strong start against a Indianapolis team that's been outscored 93-12 in the first half over its last four games. The Titans jumped ahead 17-3 on the visiting Colts on Nov. 14 but failed to hold on in a 30-27 loss. Luck went 23 of 36 for 232 yards with a touchdown run in that contest, but threw for 163 yards -- the second-lowest total of his two NFL seasons -- against the Cardinals. He's tossed two touchdowns and four interceptions in his last three games after throwing for 13 scores with three picks over his first eight.
Tennessee's Chris Johnson ran in a pair of first-quarter scores and finished with 86 yards on 5.1 per carry in the first meeting. Johnson, however, has run for 59.5 yards per game in his last six meetings with the Colts, who have the 27th-ranked run defense in the league at 125.5 yards per game.
After limiting opponents to 15.8 points per game and 32.3 percent on third-down conversions during a 4-1 start, the Colts have allowed teams to score 30.2 and convert on 45.2 percent of third downs while splitting its last six.
Titan's quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was at his best on third down against the Raiders, completing 10 of 14 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns as Tennessee converted 10 of 18 third-down tries.
