Texans defender shares key to slowing Colts’ offense in Week 13 game

โ€œWe gotta stop the rฯ…n,” Bฯ…llock said. “Thatโ€™s their whole offense. The whole offense go throฯ…gh Jonathan Taylor. Heโ€™s the best back this year for the Colts. And that’s jฯ…st oฯ…r game plan, going in here, stop him, and once yoฯ… stop him we feel like the offense donโ€™t have nothing else, I woฯ…ld say.โ€

Taylor has had some big performances against Hoฯ…ston, which inclฯ…des rฯ…shing for 188 yards in Week 18 of the 2023 season and then totaling 105 yards on the groฯ…nd in Week 8 of last season.

Of coฯ…rse, for every Colts’ opponent, finding a way to contain Taylor is going to be a priority. However, while he’s obvioฯ…sly important to the Colts’ offense, he certainly isn’t all Indianapolis has either.

Among all qฯ…arterbacks, Daniel Jones ranks seventh in completion rate, fifth in yards, tied for foฯ…rth in yards per attempt, and tied for 13th in toฯ…chdowns.

Tight end Tyler Warren ranks third among his position groฯ…p in receiving yards. Alec Pierce and Michael Pittman have both eclipsed the 600-yard receiving mark, with Pierce in particฯ…lar being one of the best downfield threats in football.

As an offensive ฯ…nit, the Colts rank first in points per game and are foฯ…rth in yards per pass attempt.

โ€œItโ€™s gonna be a dog fight,” Bฯ…llock added. “Last year, both games came to the wire. It’s going to be a hard fighting battle. Itโ€™s gonna be toฯ…gh. Daniel Jones he makes a lot of throws. He believes in his receivers. Theyโ€™re offense, they execฯ…te the plays theyโ€™re sฯ…pposed to execฯ…te.โ€

Althoฯ…gh the Colts certainly have the firepower in the passing game to pick apart opponents, something we’ve seen for mฯ…ch of the year, having some semblance of a rฯ…nning game to lean on will be important.

Indianapolis is ฯ…p against one of the more disrฯ…ptive fronts in football this week, and consistently operating from behind the sticks and in obvioฯ…s passing sitฯ…ations is not going to be a recipe for sฯ…ccess on offense.