It is not but the second full weekend of Might, however Indianapolis Colts linebacker Zaire Franklin is seemingly counting down the months, weeks and days till he will get to see the Houston Texans and quarterback C.J. Stroud once more.
“It actually be Houston,” Franklin mentioned throughout an look on the “Inexperienced Gentle with Chris Lengthy” podcast about Indianapolis’ largest rival, as shared by Grant Gordon of the NFL’s web site and Madison Williams of Sports activities Illustrated. “I am not going to mislead you, I like C.J., man. I help all our younger brothers at quarterback, however C.J., he completed mentioned a whole lot of wild stuff to me in our run-ins. He’s feeling himself. I have to see that boy once more.”
As famous by the Related Press (h/t ESPN), the Texans eradicated the Colts from the playoffs through Houston’s 23-19 Week 18 victory at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium on Jan. 6. The Texans then went on to earn a wild-card postseason victory over the Cleveland Browns, and the beforehand talked about Stroud was named the Offensive Rookie of the 12 months.
Based on Gordon, Stroud handed for 648 yards and 4 touchdowns throughout his first two video games in opposition to the Colts. Whereas Indianapolis gained the Week 2 encounter, Stroud and firm finally had the final giggle.
“Properly, we had been speaking, and you know the way the Tremendous Bowl is at Radio Row, he had the XM Radio proper earlier than me and he was on there speaking about how he cooked the Colts in each video games,” Franklin added about Stroud through the podcast. “I used to be like if that is what you contemplate a cooking with the loss, I imply congratulations.”
Franklin additionally reminded Stroud that Houston hasn’t but overwhelmed Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson. Richardson, the fourth decide of the 2023 draft, suffered a concussion in Week 2 and was out with a campaign-ending shoulder harm by January.
DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Texans because the betting favorites at +110 odds to assert the AFC South division title for the upcoming season. To match, the Colts had been at +340 odds.
Following Franklin’s feedback, each Indianapolis and Houston might have some bulletin board materials to evaluate main as much as the primary time these golf equipment face off this fall.
