Despite Win, Colts Need Much More from Andrew Luck to Catch Texans in AFC South

There’s good news and bad news in Indianapolis.

The good news is that with a win over the Tennessee Titans Sunday, the Colts got back to .500 and back into the race to win the NFL’s worst division. If the Houston Texans lose to the surging Oakland Raiders in Mexico City Monday, Indy will be one game out of first place with six to play.

The bad news is that while the Colts got the win against the Titans, they did so without playing especially well. If this victory is going to be the beginning of a turnaround for the Colts’ season and not just a meaningless mid-season victory over an up-and-down young team, that has to change.

Especially where quarterback Andrew Luck is concerned.

It isn’t that Luck had a bad game against Tennessee. He finished the game 15-of-28 for 262 yards and two touchdowns. His passer rating for the game was just a hair under 95. And notably, Luck improved to 9-0 all time against the Titans.

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Plenty of NFL teams would take that production under center and run.

But when you compare Luck’s numbers at the end of the game to his torrid start to it, you begin to see why the Titans were able to make a game out of a contest the Colts led 21-0.

As Bleacher Report tweeted, Luck’s first two drives against Tennessee were perfect. Literally perfect. As in a perfect 158.3 passer rating.

What a start for Andrew Luck!