6 seed Indianapolis Colts opened the playoffs Saturday by dominating the division champion Houston Texans from the opening kickoff to the final whistle. When the dust officially settled on Frank Reich's first playoff victory as a head coach, the scoreboard read: Colts 21, Texans 7. Another promising Texans drive thereafter was again marred on fourth down, when Watson couldn't connect with DeAndre Hopkins, turning it over on downs at the Colts' 9. (Johnathan Joseph, whose Houston secondary regularly has been abused by Hilton in recent seasons, called the Colts' Pro Bowl receiver a "clown" in the run-up to Saturday.) Mack closed out the victory with chunk runs of 15 and 26 en route to a monster 24-148 rushing day to bury a Houston 'D' that hadn't allowed a 100-yard back all season.

Source: Daily Sun January 06, 2019 01:30 UTC