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25-year-old Marlon Mack (25) of the Indianapolis Colts resists the tackle of Oakland Raiders forward Fadol Brown (95) as he rushes onto the field at the start of the first half. . The Oakland Raiders hosted the Indianapolis Colts at the Coliseum in Oakland, California on Sunday, October 28, 2018.(Photo: Matt Kryger / IndyStar)

OAKLAND – The Colts of Indianapolis have made the match interesting against one of the worst football teams on Sunday.

But a powerful ground game and a brilliant Andrew Luck, completed by a great game of defense, allowed the Colts to win a 42-28 playoff and qualify for the start with two consecutive wins.

Indianapolis (3-5) dominated the field, and kicker Adam Vinatieri overtook Morten Andersen to become the all-time NFL leader, leaving the Colts with good feelings in advance.

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Darius Leonard saves the day

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has found himself at the center of a fire storm this week.

Oakland seemed already in disarray and Carr himself was subject to a report that his teammates lacked confidence in their smuggler, pushing him to say how much he liked being a Raider on Twitter and to encourage many of his teammates to defend him to high voice during interviews throughout the film. the week.

The Indianapolis defense will have a hard time believing Carr is the problem.

Carr burned Sunday an Indianapolis – prone defensive, completing 17 consecutive passes at one point and matching Andrew Luck 's score until the fourth quarter.

Rookie linebacker Darius Leonard, who was unusually quiet, found a way to save the day. After Indianapolis took a lead of 35-28 in the middle of the fourth quarter, Leonard cut the ball out of the hands of Doug Martin, the big game that one of the defenses desperately needed to implement to break this game.

The attack of the colts can rectify and pound

A different type of offense in Indianapolis has been presented these past two weeks.

Finding the right combination on the offensive line coincided with the return of Marlon Mack, and the Colts are now unleashing the kind of racing game that no longer exists in Indianapolis for more than 10 years.

Mack, who had just finished the most productive day that the Colts had ever had in the Andrew Luck era, then took the torch with 132 yards in the Raiders on Sunday for 132 yards. For Indianapolis, this is the first time since Joseph Addai in 2007 that the Colts have amassed 100 yards in two consecutive games.

But it's not just Mack. Nyheim Hines added 78 yards in 11 runs, and the Colts crossed the 200 yard mark in two consecutive games in the same season for the first time since 1985, although Indianapolis also achieved the feat. in the last game of the regular season. 2003 and the opening of the season in 2004.

Terrific tight end

Indianapolis already had one of the NFL's most productive close-end groups, and the Colts received an unexpected arm blow this week when Jack Doyle returned from a hip injury.

And now, the Colts could have the best group of tight ends of the entire NFL.

First, Mo Alie-Cox made an incredible catch, scoring a 26-yard pass with just his right hand to end the first set for Indianapolis, then Eric Ebron continued his decisive season with a touchdown. key and a touchdown touchdown for 20 yards in the third quarter.

Doyle waited to leave his mark until it mattered the most. After an unexpected Raiders triumph in the fourth quarter, Andrew Luck went four times to Doyle for 52 yards, including the 10-yard touchdown with the game in the balance.

In all, the tight ends of Indianapolis have captured 10 passes for 133 yards and three goals, which clearly shows that the Colts have the best group of catchers at this position in the NFL.