Thursday Night Football.......

An interesting matchup tonight to say the least. At the beginning of the season many fans marked this date on their calender thinking this would be a battle for 1st place in the AFC South instead we have two teams fighting for their playoff lives with the Colts slightly ahead at 6-6 and the Titans at 5-7. The Colts have lost their last three. I don't have the exact statistics on this but I would probably say the last time that happened was either when Peyton Manning was a rookie or before his arrival. The Titans have lost their last 5 in a row resembling their disastrous 0-6 start from last year but that's where the comparisons end.  The Colts are in dire straits with injuries to many of their key players on both offense and defense. The Titans have a different problem they are dealing with and maybe just as devastating. The Titans have a confidence problem along with a meddling owner which may be harder to overcome. Tonight will prove whether or not one person; one man can will his team to win. That person Peyton Manning is not used to losing. He's not used to throwing 10 interceptions in 3 games compared to 3 interceptions in his first 9 games. When your team is struggling and you are Peyton Manning sometimes you try to do too much. I believe Manning will settle down and look at the big picture. There is no room for any more errors. He must play error free and he knows it. Look for Peyton to settle down and take what the Titans defense will give him and slowly matriculate the ball down the field. Meanwhile the Titans will still be searching for a quarterback. Unfortunately for the Titans,  the tank is almost empty on Kerry Collins and the further down the depth chart the Titans reach at QB the scarier it gets. Colts find a way to win. Losing streak stops at 3. See you Sunday Morning for my Game Day picks.