The Indianapolis Colts (0-0-1) nearly left NRG Stadium with an embarrassing upset loss to the Houston Texans (0-0-1), but they wound up leaving with a 20-20 tie.
For the first three quarters of the game, it looked like the Colts were still playing in the preseason. There was no sense of urgency, bone-headed plays and an all-around lack of physicality on both sides of the ball. They looked like they were simply going through the motions.
Had it not been for 17 unasnwered points during the fourth quarter to tie the game, we’d be talking about a loss that rivaled the collapse against the Jaguars to end the 2021 season.
But the Texans gave the Colts some help, and the Colts found their groove late in the game. Against a team that’s not the Texans, it would have been even uglier.
However, that’s not what happened. They tied, and we get to dive into the studs and duds from Week 1: