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Week 15 scouting report: Vikings vs. Colts

A look at Sunday's matchup:

December 15, 2016 at 5:18AM
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has passed for 25 touchdowns with 10 interceptions this season.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has passed for 25 touchdowns with 10 interceptions this season. (Randy Johnson — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Sunday: Noon at U.S. Bank Stadium (Ch. 4, 100.3-FM, 1130-AM)

ABOUT THE COLTS

• The Colts (6-7) fell short of a comeback against the Texans on Sunday, losing 22-17 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

• WR T.Y. Hilton caught a 35-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to pull the Colts within a field goal. Hilton is second in the NFL with 1,203 receiving yards.

• The Colts are one game back in the AFC South, trailing the Texans (7-6) and Titans (7-6), while trying to avoid two consecutive non-winning seasons.

• Andrew Luck leads one of the NFL's top-10 scoring offenses, but only seven defenses surrender more points than the Colts.

• K Adam Vinatieri, at the age of 43, is third all-time in field goals made (526), trailing only former Vikings kickers Gary Anderson and Morten Andersen.

PLAYER SPEAK | QB ANDREW LUCK

• Luck has a career-best 62.9 completion percentage in his fifth NFL season and has thrown for 25 touchdowns with 10 interceptions.

• The 2012 first overall draft pick has been sacked 37 times, four shy of his career high.

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• On not practicing Wednesday because of a right shoulder injury: "We've done it before this year, when we felt it was best for me not to practice today. Follow team doctors' and trainers' recommendations and be ready to go for Sunday."

• On the uneven season: "Obviously hasn't gone perfect. Some shoulda, coulda, woulda, some games we'd like back, but we understand where we are and understand this is a big game for us."

• On the Colts' position with three games to go: "As desperate as you can be in the NFL. It's obviously a must win, we understand that."

COACH SPEAK | CHUCK PAGANO

• Pagano is in his fifth NFL season as Colts head coach (47-30, 3-3 in the playoffs).

• The former Ravens defensive coordinator has had a top-10 defense with the Colts only once, in 2013.

• On Colts RB Frank Gore, the NFL's active career rushing leader: "He takes great care of his body, and he's a tireless worker. He's a guy that gets it, plays with a chip on his shoulder. He's probably been told for a long, long time he can't do this, can't do that."

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• On facing the Vikings defense: "They stuff the run, they get you in third-and-long, they get after the quarterback. They've built one heck of a team."

• On preparing for Adrian Peterson: "We'd be foolish not to. He's a warrior, just like our guy. … He's a future first-ballot Hall of Famer."

ANDREW KRAMMER

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