Can the Houston Texans or Tennessee Titans vault past the Colts in the AFC South?
Pressure point: Four-time league MVP Peyton Manning. Indianapolis is a league-best 65-15 since 2005, with one Super Bowl win and a Super Bowl loss to the Saints last season. The Colts have won the AFC South six of eight times since the division’s 2002 inception. Jeff Fisher’s Titans won in 2002 and 2008. Manning has led the Colts to 12 or more wins seven consecutive seasons. “Peyton Manning and the Colts are going to win 11 ballgames, maybe more this season,” Theismann says. “Against the Colts, you can’t put a game plan in and say, ‘We can score 21 points and win.’ Your minimum to beat them is 28 points. “That’s pressure.” The Texans have fortified their 30th-ranked run game. Is it enough to jolt coach Gary Kubiak’s team out of a 1-15 slump against the Colts, whom the Texans host in their Sept. 12 opener? In addition to 2,006-yard running back Chris Johnson, the Titans have their best supporting cast around improving fifth-year quarterback Vince Young, who has worked hard to be a more
