Fantasy Player Projections

Andrew Luck

Luck can take comfort in knowing that both Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers lit up the Texans' secondary. It's not easy, and Luck is not quite in the same league as those two signal callers, but it can be done.

Vick Ballard

Ballard should receive most of Indianapolis' carries this week with Donald Brown on IR. Ballard is coming off a season-best 94-yard effort, but won't do as well against Houston's front seven.

Delone Carter

Carter is expected to play despite the ankle injury he suffered in last week's contest. Fantasy owners are purely interested in his potential as a goal-line back, which shouldn't amount to much against the Texans.

Reggie Wayne

Wayne has caught a touchdown in each of his last five games against the Texans, and last season he registered 106 yards in both meetings. He'll likely reach the 100-catch mark for the season in this contest.

T.Y. Hilton

The Texans allowed three completions of 25 or more yards last week. That should excite Hilton, who thrives on stretching receptions into big gainers. Roughly a quarter of his 41 receptions this season have gone for 20-plus yards.

Donnie Avery

Among wide receivers with 50 or more catches, only Larry Fitzgerald has a worse catch-to-target success rate. Avery has caught just 47.2 percent of the 110 balls thrown to him.

Dwayne Allen

With Allen and Coby Fleener both back on the field, the Colts no longer have a viable fantasy tight end. Allen is seeing slightly more work, but not enough to justify a start.

Adam Vinatieri

Vinatieri has averaged 2.3 field goals per game this season but ranks 31st in accuracy with a 76.7 success rate. The Texans, on the other hand, have allowed just 17 made field goals, tied for fifth fewest.

The Colts have given up an average of 25.3 points per game (23rd) and rank in the bottom half of the league for both punt and kick returns. Enough said.

Matt Schaub

Schaub will face Indianapolis in two of the next three weeks, which will be a treat for the up and down quarterback. Indianapolis has allowed 22 touchdown passes but generated just eight interceptions.

Arian Foster

Last week began with such promise, as Foster ripped off a dozen yards on his first carry (brought back by a penalty) and almost 15 on his next. But New England's rapid-fire offense took him out of the game early. That won't happen this week against a Colts team giving up 4.7 yards per carry.

Ben Tate

Tate looked sharp on Monday, albeit in garbage time. He'll split time with Justin Forsett, who is the more versatile of Foster's two backups. Fantasy owners can expect Tate to get more carries than Forsett, but neither back will be worth starting.

Andre Johnson

Johnson will probably have close to 1,500 yards this season, but fantasy owners are sore that he has failed to score more touchdowns (just three). Perhaps the problem is that Johnson has caught just three balls on plays beginning inside the red zone. The Colts have allowed a red zone touchdown pass in five straight games, so his luck should change this week.

Kevin Walter

Walter is locked in as the Texans' No. 2 receiver, but some weeks he will not be as productive as the team's younger players, like Lestar Jean and Keshawn Martin. No Houston wide receiver other than Andre Johnson has real fantasy value.

Owen Daniels

Indianapolis has given up a touchdown to an opposing tight end in four straight games, and that list includes both the league's elite (Rob Gronkowski) and unknown (Lee Smith).

Shayne Graham

Former Texans kicker Neil Rackers scored 10 points in both meetings against Indianapolis last year. That's a bit of encouragement for Graham, who has attempted just one field goal in the past two games combined.

Andrew Luck is tied for the league lead in interceptions (18) and ranks among the top five for times sacked. That's the kind of news Houston needs after its devastating loss to New England.