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HomeSportsFootballNFL News: Colts, Titans searching for consistency in matchup

NFL News: Colts, Titans searching for consistency in matchup


The Indianapolis Colts entertain the visiting Tennessee Titans on Sunday hoping a Week 3 upset is only the beginning of their good future.

The Colts (1-1-1) have renewed life after stunning the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17 last week, and look to break a three-game skid in the series against the AFC South rival Titans (1-2).

“This showed us we can be the team that we want to be,” Indianapolis coach Frank Reich said of slaying the Chiefs. “We can be the team that we think coming into this season we were going to be. We can be that team. But we’ve got to work to get better.”

Quarterback Matt Ryan passed for 222 yards and two touchdowns. He also lived up to his “Matty Ice” billing by driving the Colts on a 16-play, 76-yard drive that he capped with a 12-yard scoring pass to Jelani Woods with 24 seconds left.

Ryan, in his 15th season, was obtained from the Atlanta Falcons in the offseason to give the Colts improved play at quarterback.

He knows that one good September win doesn’t make a season.

“For me, the focus has to be on improving our consistency,” Ryan said Wednesday. “Because the good is good, and the bad is really — it’s not good. We’re capable of better consistently. And we’ve done it very well at times and we’ve done it poorly at times, we just need to be more consistent with it.”

Tennessee is also coming off its first victory — 24-22 over the Las Vegas Raiders. The Titans led 24-10 at halftime and later stopped a Raiders’ 2-point conversion with 1:14 remaining to hold on.

Tennessee hasn’t settled into a groove yet this season and quarterback Ryan Tannehill knows this week would be a good time.

“It’s huge. We want to go 1-0 this week,” Tannehill said. “That’s the goal each and every week but crucial at this point of the season to get a win. We have a division opponent on the road at a tough place to play. We have our hands full but it is important for us to go out and play well.”

Two-time rushing champion Derrick Henry showed signs of breaking out by accumulating 143 yards from scrimmage against the Raiders. He had season highs of 85 rushing yards and 58 receiving.

Henry is surprisingly only tied for 14th in rushing yards, while Colts star Jonathan Taylor (286) stands fourth.

Taylor supplanted Henry last season as the NFL rushing champ when he rolled up a franchise-record 1,811 rushing yards. Taylor opened this season with 161 against the Houston Texans but has just 125 total over the past two games.

Tennessee linebacker Bud Dupree said there is no time to relax once Taylor takes a handoff.

“Any time you go against a great back, you know what comes with it,” Dupree said. “You know they’re going to run the ball, he’s going to get the ball no matter what just like Derrick gets the ball here. … Everyone has to get to the ball because he can make guys miss and he can break tackles.”

Even with Taylor’s game-breaking abilities, Indianapolis ranks last in the NFL in scoring offense at 13 points per game. The Titans are tied for 22nd at 17 per outing.

Taylor sat out Wednesday’s practice with a toe injury but isn’t in jeopardy of missing the game. Other Colts who didn’t practice were safety Julian Blackmon (ankle), defensive tackle DeForest Buckner (elbow), cornerback Stephon Gilmore (hamstring), center Ryan Kelly (knee) and defensive end Yannick Ngakoue (back).

Linebacker Shaquille Leonard (back) practiced but it remains unknown if he will make his season debut.

For Tennessee, Dupree (hip) was a full practice participant after missing the game against the Raiders. Titans who sat out Wednesday were receiver Treylon Burks (illness), linebacker Zach Cunningham (elbow), safety Amani Hooker (concussion) and tight end Austin Hooper (neck).

–Field Level Media

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