Houston Faces Challenging Opener Against Indianapolis Colts

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00:00Houston takes on Indianapolis, where again, another strange line, I guess, so to speak.

00:08Although, if you look at track record and history, the Colts have been really good in

00:13game ones of their NFL season and really good at home, too.

00:17So this is a big test for Houston to see if they can start off with a win.

00:20Long year, though.

00:21C.J. Stroud is starting in every fantasy league for you.

00:23So is Joe Mixon, Dalton Schultz in most, Nico Collins in all, Tank Dell.

00:29Stephon Diggs in all.

00:32So it's an all-hands-on-deck, more or less, situation with the Houston Texans this season,

00:36George, and a good environment to play in in Indianapolis to start.

00:41It's a pretty big divisional game here, right, really for both teams.

00:46Houston playing on the road, Indianapolis because if you want to say you're as good

00:48as Houston, you've got to show up in this game.

00:51I think there's a lot of pressure on the Colts, Craig, because Anthony Richardson during preseason

00:55sucked.

00:57He was terrible.

00:58He was bad.

01:00He was so bad where if he didn't already play five NFL or four plus NFL games last year,

01:04we'd be like, oh, should he be starting?

01:06You know, is he ready?

01:07Because he didn't look good.

01:09Just didn't look good.

01:10Now that being said, he hasn't played in three weeks because that's when the last preseason

01:13game was.

01:14So we'll see what happens here.

01:15And he's a very, he was a top darling pick, by the way, what, fifth overall quarterback

01:19taking in a lot of leagues here, which I thought was nuts.

01:22So we'll see.

01:23Bottom line is we'll see.

01:25I like the Texans a lot.

01:26All right.

01:27I'll lay with two and a half.

01:28Really?

01:30Yeah.

01:31Because he just didn't look good.

01:32I don't, I don't know what he's going to be able to do.

01:34I just, until I see it, I'm not going to believe it this year.

01:37I think Houston is one of the better teams.

01:39Listen, their defense isn't there, but their offense is.

01:42They can score points here.

01:43As long as, I think as long as Diggs doesn't blow his team up complaining about not getting

01:46the ball enough.

01:47I don't want to say they can score at will, but they're going to score points here.

01:50That being said, I'm the first person to tell you, I can guarantee you all any defensive

01:54coordinator did during the off season was try and figure out a way to stop Stroud and

01:59slow him down.

02:00We'll see how that works on Sunday.

02:01Yeah.

02:02Not a lot of film.

02:03That's a good point.

02:04George makes going into the season.

02:05Now you have a year of film on, on, on Stroud's a good point there.

02:10So Anthony Richardson, again, George mentioned that he did not have a good preseason, but

02:13you drafted him high.

02:15You got to play him.

02:16See what happens.

02:17Jonathan Taylor.

02:18I really like this year.

02:19I think there's a huge year coming from him.

02:21They really don't have a tight end that starts Pittman starting for you.

02:25And then beyond that, the Colts really just don't have other wide receivers that you would

02:29consider.

02:30So basically Pittman starts, Richardson starts, Taylor starts, and then George, we're going

02:34to wait and see if Downs is a thing.

02:36Remember we thought late, maybe last year he would be a thing.

02:38He really wasn't.

02:39Adonai Mitchell is there too.

02:41So more of a wait and see approach on the other Colts and really easy to pick from those

02:46names right there, right?

02:47Like three guys.

02:48That's it.

02:49Yeah.

02:50I agree with you about Taylor, by the way, he does have a monster year.

02:53Pittman's going to be dependent on what Richard can do here.

02:56I believe Downs is out this week anyways.

02:58So I think your decisions are pretty easy there, but not starting Josh Downs.

03:01I'd rather, I grant them in a couple of leagues deep.

03:04I didn't care if he started week one, he's once again, we'll see what he does the season

03:08rolls along here.

03:09I think Craig, with the Colts offense, outside of Taylor, I think the passing offense gets

03:13better as each week rolls along.

03:16Right.

03:17I think that's when Richardson feels more comfortable.

03:19So I'll get the ball, the ball to Pittman more.

03:21Downs will be back theoretically next week.

03:23So I like Colts as we go along.

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