Colts-Texans: Peyton Manning Works His Magic

Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts came into Week Five against the Houston Texans looking to get back to .500.

And the game didn't look good.

The Texans came back from a 10-0 Indy lead and were on fire.

Indianapolis struggled greatly during this game, until in the fourth quarter, when Texans quarterback Sage Rosenfels made serious mental errors.

Ironically, it started on Houston's last touchdown drive. Rosenfels tried to dive for the end zone and almost lost the ball when he stretched to get the touchdown.

Then it started to look like the Colts could do it. Down 17 points in the fourth quarter, the Colts drove the field and scored.

That's when all hell broke loose for Houston.

Rosenfels had the Texans moving down the field, winding the clock down. Then, on a play-action call, Rosenfels rolled left. He dove, was bounced up, and a Colts defensive lineman knocked the ball loose.

Gary Brackett picked it up and took it to the house.

The Colts had scored two touchdowns in 30 seconds. The score was 24-27 with Houston leading.

Once again, the Texans had the ball. Rosenfels rolls left, and Robert Mathis strips the ball from the hands of Rosenfels.

Then, Manning did it...again.

He dropped the ball in perfectly, and Reggie Wayne made a circus catch for the touchdown to give the Cults a 31-27 lead.

That is when Rosenfels made the last of his errors.

This time, it was for the game.

With a slew of defenders in his face, Rosenfels overthrew to an unknown intended receiver and it landed right in the gut of backup safety Melvin Bullitt.

With that, the Colts win by a score of 31-27.