Welcome back to the big time, Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts. Their return to leaguewide relevance accelerated even further Saturday when they went to Houston and beat the Texans handily, 21-7, in a first-round AFC playoff game. The sixth-seeded Colts advanced to a conference semifinal next Saturday in Kansas City against the top-seeded Chiefs.
And the Chiefs had better beware. The Colts, winners of 10 of their last 11 games, are a dangerous opponent, even for a Chiefs team that features the likely league MVP in quarterback Patrick Mahomes and is set to play at home at raucous Arrowhead Stadium.