Somehow The Indianapolis Colts Still Own The Texans; Andrew Luck Sweepstakes Gets Interesting

After dropping their first 13 contests of the 2011 season (and looking decidedly unspectacular doing it) the Indianapolis Colts have managed to pull out back-to-back victories over the past 5 days. By winning those two games the Colts have taken themselves out of the driver's seat for earning the number 1 overall pick in next year's NFL draft. 2 weeks ago it had been a forgone conclusion that Indy would finish the season with the worst record, perhaps even 0-16, and would take Stanford QB Andrew Luck with that pick as Luck has obviously been the talk of the town since the start of the year.

In typical NFL fashion didn't do what everyone expected and now after bumping their record to 2-13, the Colts are tied with the St. Louis Rams and Minnesota Vikings for fewest wins in the league. Indy's second win came against the Houston Texans in a come-from-behind nail-biter. The Texans have never beaten the Colts on the road in Indy and their record in those games fell to 0-10 since the Texans came into the league in 2002. This was easily Houston's best chance to end the losing streak but they appear to be cursed. Down to their third QB and without the services of All-World WR Andre Johnson Houston could only manage 16 points against one of the league's worst defenses.

It will be interesting to see how the Andrew Luck Drama plays out. I think the Colts will do everything in their power to get Luck (despite what Peyton Manning thinks) regardless of whether the finish with the league's worst record or not. They are helped here by the fact that both the Vikings and Rams already have their QBs of the future on their rosters (Christian Ponder and Sam Bradford respectively) and if either of those teams ends up with the first pick they will be willing to make a deal with the Colts.