Who’s inactive for the Indianapolis Colts’ Week 13 matchup against the New England Patriots?

The Indianapolis Colts released their list of inactive players for Sunday’s matchup against the New England Patriots. Among those inactive for Indianapolis include the list of players below.

The Colts will be missing a handful of starters on the offensive side of the ball, including wide receiver Josh Downs and right tackle Braden Smith. Rookie wide receiver Anthony Gould will be active for the first time since Week 3, as he looks to help partially fill the role of both Downs and wide receiver Ashton Dulin....

Everything you need to know to successfully watch the Colts take on the Patriots for Week 13!

The Matchup:

The Indianapolis Colts (5-7) travel to the New England Patriots (3-9) to take on their longtime arch nemesis at Foxborough.

The ‘Peyton Mannning-Tom Brady’ heated rivalry of the early 2000s is long gone (and both teams have fallen upon much harder times). However, the Colts are hoping to snap a losing streak on the road in New England, where Indianapolis has not win since November of 2006.

Offensively, for the Colts, it starts with getting Jonathan Taylor and the ground...

How are you feeling ahead of Week 13, Horseshoe Faithful?

The Indianapolis Colts (5-7) head to face the New England Patriots (3-9), where the Horseshoe hasn’t won since November of 2006.

Of course, this once heated AFC rivalry between the Colts and Patriots has lost a lot of its past luster—as both teams have fallen on harder times since the legendary Peyton Manning and Tom Brady each infamously donned the iconic helmets of their respective squads.

In particular, the Colts have had a steady fall of grace since falling to the Patriots on the road in the 2014 AFC Title...

Thanks to the nflFastR project, Pro Football Focus and NFL NextGen Stats for the timely sources of data.

For those of you new to this, I will publish key QB stats each week judging how well the upcoming opponent QB has performed. Yes, O-Line, receivers, and play-calling impact these numbers but they are primarily QB measures. I will probably modify the charts throughout the season. Commentary will be brief but feel free to let me know in the comments that stats aren’t everything. (click charts for larger view).

The New England Patriots started the season with Jacoby Brissett under...

Of all the personnel failures the Colts have had over the past few seasons, one can argue that the current tight end situation is the biggest failure of them all.

Before the season started, the Colts committed to keeping Mo Alie-Cox around at a 5.9M cap hit. The 5.9M figure is higher than that of Jonnu Smith in Miami, Will Dissly in LA, Zach Ertz in Washington, Mike Gesicki in Cincinnati and Austin Hooper in New England. You would figure that by picking up his contract at that price that the Colts would look to work him into games more....

The Colts were busy making roster moves at offensive guard, signaling a potential contingency replacement plan on the right side for Sunday?

The Indianapolis Colts announced on Saturday that the team has signed offensive guard Atonio Mafi to the 53-man active roster and waived linebacker Liam Anderson in a corresponding roster move.

The team also elevated a pair of veterans: offensive guard Mark Glowinski and wide receiver Laquon Treadwell ahead of Sunday’s road game against the New England Patriots.

In a vacuum, these moves aren’t necessarily all that notable.

However, when taken together, and the fact that replacement starting UDFA...

The Colts and Patriots are in a completely new age of football

The Indianapolis Colts are set to travel to Foxboro to face off against the New England Patriots. A game that was once top billing in the NFL is now relegated to the non-important 1 p.m. time-slot where it will be mixed in with a slew of others. The rivalry of old has been reduced to rubble as neither team has any connection to the golden years of success. Even the last remaining holdout in Bill Belichick is gone. While no one remains from the days of old, a...

Andrew Luck is back in football full-time, as he’s reportedly rejoined his alma mater as their new general manager.

According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, retired Indianapolis Colts franchise quarterback Andrew Luck is rejoining the Stanford Cardinal men’s football program as its new general manager:

Many collegiate ‘power’ men’s football and basketball programs have already created such sports management/business hybrid roles, and it appears as though the Stanford Cardinal men’s football program has just followed suit here.

The 35-year-old Luck has made occasional appearances at his alma mater as the former 2012 1st overall pick out of Stanford of the Indianapolis...

The Indianapolis Colts released their Friday practice report.

The Indianapolis Colts today released their Friday injury report for Week 13 of the NFL season ahead of their Sunday game against the New England Patriots.

Center Tanor Bortolini has been ruled OUT Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots due to a concussion. Bortolini has not practiced all week due to the injury as he was unable to pass through the concussion protocol. With Bortolini OUT this week expect to see Danny Pinter get his first start of the year in his place as Center. Pinter will be the Colts third...

AFC divisional matchup this afternoon

Hopefully you all had a nice Thanksgiving day with your families, and enjoyed the three-game slate throughout the day. This afternoon we have the leftovers, as the 10-1 Chiefs (- 820) host the underwhelming Las Vegas Raiders (+ 570). The OU for the game (or for the Chiefs basically) is at 42.5, with the home team currently a whopping 12.5-point favourites.

The Chiefs needed a last second field goal to survive a late game comeback by the Carolina Panthers, as this is perhaps the weakest 10-1 team I have ever seen. Yeah this is...

There are some winnable games coming up that could set the Colts up nicely.

Ok. So, here is the bad news.

The Indianapolis Colts currently sit at 5-7 and are on the outside looking in regarding the playoff picture. Here is more bad news. The AFC is loaded, and it will be tough to crack the top seven. With that said, it certainly isn’t impossible. The Colts faced a murderous middle of the season schedule and got beaten up. Now that they have come out the other side, things are looking better. Things look so much better that hopes of...

The Indianapolis Colts released their Thursday practice report.

The Indianapolis Colts today released their Thursday injury report for Week 13 of the NFL season ahead of their Sunday game against the New England Patriots.

Center Tanor Bortolini missed practice again today with a concussion. Bortolini missing back to back practices all but confirms he will miss this weeks game against the Patriots. It look as though the Colts will start their third different center this year with Danny Pinter set to start on Sunday.

Wide receivers Josh Downs (shoulder), Alex Pierce (foot) and Ashton Dulin (ankle) all missed practice today...