Dime Package: Colts Win, but Struggle Against Texans

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Published: November 9, 2009

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... 4-4 meltdown to end the season would mean the Colts would reach that historic 12-win mark. Still, there's plenty of questions for a team that's yet to taste defeat in 2009.

10. So much for the offensive fireworks, huh?

There should have been plenty of fireworks to start the game. The first four Colts offensive positions got inside the Texans' 35 yard line. Four deep drives netted just 13 points. The Colts could have killed the Texans early. Instead, they let them hang around and a lot of blood pressure levels went up in Colts nation.

9. Why the offensive struggle?

There were some strange play calls. There was the doomed play action on fourth down on the opening drive, and the odd screen play where Austin Collie got a pass interference call, but the play didn't result in a first down anyway. They moved the ball effectively, but as Coach Jim Caldwell put it after the game, they simply didn't "finish" early.

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