It’s a pivotal early divisional clash between two AFC South rivals to kick off the 2024 regular season. How are you feeling, Colts fans?
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The Indianapolis Colts (0-0) pick off right where they off last season, hosting the Houston Texans (0-0) (-2.5), to kick off the 2024 regular season.
Of course, with 2nd-year starting quarterback Anthony Richardson behind center again, the Colts look a lot different offensively than the past time these two teams’ faced off against one another in early January of this past year—when the Texans narrowly won 23-19 and effectively ended Indianapolis’s season.
More pressure may be on the Colts here, given it’s a pivotal home divisional game against the reigning AFC South Champions, and that the franchise hasn’t won a regular season opener in over a decade, dating back to September 8, 2023, against the Oakland Raiders (when Indy closely won 21-17)—the longest such standing streak in the entire NFL.
Among the biggest questions facing this year’s Colts is whether their largely young, unproven secondary—which general manager Chris Ballard ran back from last year, can effectively hold up against last year’s NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (and Pro Bowler) C.J. Stroud?
It should be a fun divisional rivalry game between two exciting young 2nd-year quarterbacks.
Who do you think will win and best the other, Colts fans?
