Colts @ Texans · Week 10 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 10 · FINAL

THE READ

Colts beat Texans, 24-16

Colts took care of Texans, 24-16. LaNorris Sellers was steady for Colts — 13/25, 242 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT. C.J. Stroud was steady for Texans — 14/31, 201 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Tyler Warren is in form — 90 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 62. Through the air: Colts 242, Texans 201.

Devon Walker Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Colts	+11.0	-1.9	+12.9	+15
Texans	-1.3	-1.2	-0.1	-4

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Colts — AFC #5 · 11-3 Texans — AFC #6 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#6 LaNorris Sellers QB · Colts · 0.6% of the field

#12 Duce Robinson WR · Colts · 0.4% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Jaylen Rivers The insider

This was a slog. Neither offense could breathe — Houston managed 41 rushing yards, Indianapolis 24 — but the Colts' line gave up 8 sacks and still found a way to win it, which tells you everything about which team's dysfunction mattered more. Will Anderson Jr. was living in their backfield, and it almost didn't matter.

Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying

Indianapolis just proved it can win ugly — but Houston's dysfunction is now structural. The Texans threw 70% of the time with nothing on the ground and still couldn't close a winnable game; the Colts are at 9-1 despite being unable to run at all. One team has a problem it can solve. The other one is the problem.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

LaNorris Sellers

Colts

13/25, 242 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

C.J. Stroud

Texans

14/31, 201 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT

Will Anderson Jr

Texans

3 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

🧊 LaNorris Sellers — 90 overall — was held to 15 rushing yards, against an average of 34.

📈 Tyler Warren is in form: 90 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 62.

📉 Nico Collins is still searching for it: 48 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 77.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Colts 242, Texans 201 Colts

Total yards Colts 266, Texans 242 Colts

On the ground Texans 41, Colts 24 Texans

Pressure Texans 8 sacks, Colts 3 Texans

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Pass-heavy Pass 67% · Rush 33% · 29.4 scored, 16.6 allowed

9.3 yds/att 54.3% completions 4.5 yds/carry 307.6 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 5.3% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Duce Robinson WR — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 61 · Aggressive Balance 83 Ball security 62 Back usage 21% QB runs 4.6/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 93 WR 92 TE 91 RB 84 OL 89 DL 90 LB 85 DB 94

Best: Deion Burks WR 99 Fastest: Deion Burks WR 96 SPD 12 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Lor_mn

Texans · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away One target

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against20.6 — 23.4 Margin-2.8 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backMark Fletcher Jr · 10.2/g Top targetNico Collins · 38% QB carries1.2 a game

REECE PEICES

Colts · his last 8 games

Throws it Runs the quarterback

Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against21.8 — 12.5 Margin+9.2 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken7.3% of dropbacks Lead backNate Frazier · 7.4/g Top targetTyler Warren · 29% QB carries4.5 a game

Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.

THE SERIES REECE PEICES against Lor_mn — the men, not the teams

REECE PEICES leads it 2-0. REECE PEICES has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 26.0 — 11.5 biggest: 21 pts to REECE PEICES

S2 · week 13 REECE PEICES 28 — 7 Lor_mn REECE PEICES

S2 · week 10 REECE PEICES 24 — 16 Lor_mn REECE PEICES

Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Colts receivers vs Texans secondary 92 v 91 EVEN

Texans receivers vs Colts secondary 88 v 94 COLTS

Colts line vs Texans front 89 v 86 COLTS

Texans line vs Colts front 84 v 90 COLTS

Colts backs vs Texans run defence 84 v 84 EVEN

Texans backs vs Colts run defence 82 v 89 COLTS

Colts passer vs Texans secondary 93 v 91 EVEN

Texans passer vs Colts secondary 89 v 94 COLTS

TOP PERFORMERS

LaNorris Sellers QB Colts 242 pass yds

C.J. Stroud QB Texans 201 pass yds

Tyler Warren TE Colts 101 rec yds

Nico Collins WR Texans 98 rec yds

Duce Robinson WR Colts 64 rec yds

Nate Frazier HB Colts 56 rec yds

Jermaine Johnson II REDG Texans 2.5 sacks

Uar Bernard DT Colts 1.5 sacks

Tommy Togiai DT Texans 2 sacks

Will Anderson Jr LEDG Texans 3 sacks

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BOX SCORE

COLTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
LaNorris Sellers QB	13/25	242	2	2	8	55	79

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
C.J. Stroud QB	14/31	201	2	3	3	33	48.6

COLTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
LaNorris Sellers QB	6	15	2.5	0	10	16
Nate Frazier HB	3	9	3	0	4	5
Tyler Warren TE	0	0	0	2	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
Mark Fletcher Jr HB	11	34	3.1	16	12
Woody Marks HB	1	5	5	3	5
C.J. Stroud QB	1	2	2	0	2

COLTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Tyler Warren TE	4	101	25.2	2	40	1	55
Duce Robinson WR	3	64	21.3	0	3	0	33
Nate Frazier HB	5	56	11.2	0	35	0	16
Jayden Reed WR	1	21	21	0	0	0	21

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Nico Collins WR	6	98	16.3	2	31	1	33
Dalton Schultz TE	3	43	14.3	0	26	0	22
Malik Benson WR	1	32	32	0	20	0	32
Tank Dell WR	3	27	9	0	4	0	14
Marlin Klein TE	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
Mark Fletcher Jr HB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

COLTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Uar Bernard DT	3	1.5	0	0
Jaylon Johnson CB	3	0	2	0
Jaylon Carlies WILL	3	0	0	0
CJ Allen MIKE	2	0	1	0
Sauce Gardner CB	2	0	0	0
Jamari Sharpe CB	2	0	0	3
Charvarius Ward Sr CB	1	0	0	0
JT Tuimoloau DT	1	0.5	0	1
Lewis Cine FS	1	0	0	0
Laiatu Latu LEDG	1	0.5	0	0
Adetomiwa Adebawore REDG	0	0.5	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Calen Bullock FS	4	0	0	1
Reed Blankenship SS	3	0	0	0
Derek Stingley Jr CB	2	0	1	0
Jermaine Johnson II REDG	2	2.5	0	0
Brice Pollock CB	1	0	0	0
Tommy Togiai DT	1	2	0	0
Kamari Ramsey FS	1	0	0	0
Jaylin Smith CB	1	0	0	0
Nehemiah Pritchett CB	1	0	0	0
Jalen Pitre SS	0	0	1	1
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	0	3	0	0
Kayden McDonald DT	0	0.5	0	0

COLTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Spencer Shrader K	1/1	3/3	36

TEXANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn K	1/1	1/2	57

RECENT FORM

Colts

W 35–7 vs Jaguars WK 9

W 20–17 vs Falcons WK 8

W 37–25 vs Broncos WK 6

Texans

W 24–13 vs Bills WK 9

L 16–17 vs Jaguars WK 8

W 34–31 vs Panthers WK 7

TEAM STATS

Colts		Texans
266	TOTAL YARDS	242
242	PASSING YARDS	201
24	RUSHING YARDS	41
8	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	8
2	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	TAKEAWAYS	2

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

2 COLTS — 0 TEXANS

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