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One of the predominating storylines entering Sunday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts (8-4) and Houston Texans (4-8) was the history that wide receiver T.Y. Hilton has with the Week 13 opponent.
Despite his down season from a production standpoint, the 31-year-old wide receiver continued his trend of torching the Texans. He had eight receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown. It was the first time he’s recorded a 100-yard game since the 2018 season.
“Yeah, I feel like we’ve said it all year long, it’s just a matter of time till he really gets rolling. I felt like he’s been a big part of this thing the whole way through,” said Philip Rivers on Sunday. “I know it’s not the same statistics that we’re used to seeing him have that he’s having. He had a huge day. I kind of thought it was about to be a 200-yard day the way the first half was, just panned out it wasn’t that way. Heck of a day he had.”
Hilton started the day off strong. He scored the first touchdown of the game for the Colts on a 21-yard drag route and continued to pile on 10-yard catches. He had 100 yards by the time the first half was over.
Hilton hasn’t been enjoying the same type of success that we expect of him this season but he’s been on a roll as of late. He has two touchdowns in as many games and we are finally seeing some higher yardage totals.
The Colts have made it obvious that they want to spread the ball around, but Hilton needs to remain a focal point in the passing game.
He still has juice left in his game and showed it on Sunday when he went full Ghost against the team he perennially owns.
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