Sportacupar Sport's Thursday Night Football Recap

Indianapolis Colts-27 Jacksonville Jaguars-10

Andrew Luck has been making a strong case for Rookie of the Year and he continued his stellar play on Thursday Night. What could separate him from RGIII and Doug Martin would be the team's record and postseason plans. A season ago, the Colts were 2-14 and were fighting for the #1 choice in the draft. Now those same Colts are 6-3 and have put themselves in prime position for a postseason bid.

The Jaguars, similar to the Colts last year, are irrelevant and are fighting for the #1 pick. The Jaguars don't want to admit it, but the Blaine Gabbert experiment doesn't appear that it is going to work out. The Jags and Chiefs will be fighting for the first pick. The Chiefs who will probably lose Dwayne Bowe still have Jamaal Charles and Tamba Hali. Jacksonville though, has no one right now. Justin Blackmon has been a bust so far and his future right now doesn't look bright. I believe the Jags must go after Matt Barkley when the draft rolls around in the winter.

While the scoreboard said 27-10, the game could've been much closer. In the first half, the Colts received every single call from the non-"replacement" refs. After a controversial pass interference that kept the drive alive, Andrew Luck's 2nd rushing TD was a sneak from the 1 yard line on 4th down. The call was a TD but all scoring plays are reviewed. The booth official must have seen something no one else did as the head official didn't have to go to instant replay. On the ensuing possession, Jacksonville looked for momentum before halftime. Gabbert threw a nice pass down the left sideline and Cecil Shorts made an unbelievable 1 handed catch in which he was clearly in bounds. Indianapolis challenged the catch and it was overturned for some reason. Finally, putting an end to the game was early in the 3rd quarter. Inside their own 10 yard line, Gabbert was picked and it was returned to the house. This sealed a bad game for Jacksonville and basically sums up their season.

Andrew Luck looks unbelievable and it would be fun to watch the #ChuckStrong Colts in the playoffs. I actually see them having a great chance at the postseason. Traveling to New England, Houston, or Baltimore would be a tough task though.