A look at Houston Texans players who were “up” and those who were “down” in Sunday’s 31-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts.
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OLB Whitney Mercilus: The Texans only had six sacks this season, four of them by J.J. Watt, entering Sunday's game. Mercilus had two of his own on Sunday. Fellow outside linebacker John Simon joined in for another.
S Andre Hal: The Texans badly needed turnovers and Hal produced two. One came at the goal line just as the Jaguars were about to score. The other was an interception he returned for a touchdown to put the Texans up an insurmountable 31-14.