Colts Bracing for Texans’ Dangerous Pass-Rush Duo

For as much as Jones has received the message loud and clear–– getting away from the rabid pass rush on the Texans side of the ball has proved difficult for a succession of quarterbacks just recently. Eight sacks materialized against the notoriously strong and free-running Allen, so it stands to reason that Jones' escapability will get severely tested this Sunday.

It could be suggested that the Colts' best strategy might be to attempt to play the long game and let the Texans' pass rush-obsessed defense wear themselves out. That's something that Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans is bound to know will have been floated as a concept by Steichen and Co. during their own conversations.

So Ryans knows the offensive unit has to double down on doing their job to keep the pass rushers significantly fresh as possible as the game goes along.

"It doesn't necessarily correlate," Ryans admitted about the offense helping the defense. "We still have to do a better job moving the ball in the second half. I don't think our second-half offense was good enough. We have to continue to strive, continue to get better at executing the plays, calling it better. We have to do a much better job."

"Coaches, players, everybody. We got to be able to move the ball way more than we did in the second half if we're going to finish games the right way."

Either way you slice it; successfully unleashing the full fury of Hunter and Anderson is proving to be a winning formula, so expect some heavy doses against the Colts.