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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who has the edge in Thursday night's matchup between the Indianapolis Colts&amp;nbsp;and Houston Texans? Don Banks makes his pick below.&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;Last week: 13-2; Season: 49-27 (.645).\r\n\u2022&amp;nbsp;Best pick in Week 5: Dallas 23, Houston 20 (Actual score: Dallas 20-17).\r\n\u2022&amp;nbsp;Worst pick in Week 5: Chicago 27, Carolina 20 (Actual score: Carolina 31-24).\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone actually made it to the end of one of these Thursday night blowouts yet, watching the whole way? I covered the Week 2 Steelers-Ravens matchup in Baltimore, and I think I lost interest late in the third quarter. I don\u2019t know that there\u2019s any plausible all-encompassing explanation for the string of yawners we\u2019ve endured, but Arian Foster has his opinions, as always. Foster, who will play for the Texans tonight, apparently won\u2019t do so happily.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Week 6 Power Rankings | Fantasy football Week 6 stat projections&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"&lt;em &gt;Thursday Night Football&lt;/em&gt; is pretty annoying for players,\" the veteran running back told Houston media members this week. \"I don\u2019t know one player that likes it. I really don\u2019t know a fan that likes it either. I think it\u2019s just the league\u2019s way to try to generate more revenue.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200BWell, yeah, just like almost everything else the league undertakes. But the short-week travel factor does seem to make some sense, with the Giants the only road team to overcome it in their win at Washington two weeks ago. Let\u2019s see if the home-team rout trend holds this week, because the visiting Colts arrive on a three-game winning streak and have it going on both offense and defense at the moment. Indianapolis sacked Baltimore\u2019s Joe Flacco four times in a win on Sunday, and defensive coordinator Greg Manusky\u2019s blitz packages have been effective of late.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Challenge your friends and win big in our weekly fantasy football game&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First place in the AFC South is on the line, but it doesn\u2019t get too much more complicated than the quarterback battle: Andrew Luck&amp;nbsp;for the Colts versus Houston\u2019s Ryan Fitzpatrick means advantage Indianapolis. The Texans don\u2019t have the firepower to match points with the Colts, and Luck\u2019s domination of his division rival will continue with a fourth consecutive victory over Houston.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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