With four weeks to go, the AFC South is a three-team dead heat, and only one of those teams has a fully operational Andrew Luck.
Back from a concussion that sidelined him for the Colts’ Thanksgiving night loss to Pittsburgh, Luck strafed the Jets for 278 yards and four touchdowns in a 41–10 Monday night rout that pulled Indianapolis level with the Texans and Titans at 6–6 in the South. It is all but assured that only the champion of that division will play past New Year’s Day, and in the wake of the Texans’ uninspiring loss in Green Bay on Sunday, the division has a new, familiar front-runner.