Andrew Luck Throws For 4 TDs, Colts Destroy Jets 41-10

Andrew Luck’s Thanksgiving did not go so well this year, as his team lost and he sat out with a concussion.

Andrew Luck Throws For 4 TDs, Colts Destroy Jets 41-10

However, he made up for it very nicely Monday night by throwing for four touchdowns to lead the Indianapolis Colts to a 41-10 road rout of the New York Jets.

“To get back out there and do some decent things, that’s fun,” said Luck, who tossed three of his touchdowns to Dwayne Allen. “Sitting out is no fun.”

The Colts (6-6) have won three of their last four games, while the helpless Jets (3-9) have dropped four straight. The hosts were booed by a very-empty MetLife Stadium almost from the outset.

After missing last weeks’ loss to Pittsburgh and clearing the NFL’s concussion protocol this weekend, he lifted Indianapolis to a tie for the lead in the AFC South with Tennessee and Houston. The Jets, meanwhile, remain fourth in the AFC East.

“The quarterback was outstanding,” Colts coach Chuck Pagano said of Luck. “It’s always great to have your starting quarterback under center.”

Allen and T.Y. Hilton were Luck’s main targets as he went 22 of 28 for 278 yards, and they received little opposition from the Jets.

“It was a great night for everyone,” Allen said. “You hope that every night you go to play, it’s a night like that. It’s not realistic in the National Football League.

The win cam easy for the Colts. New York’s Jeremy Ross reached only his 11-yard line with the opening kickoff return. A three-and-out gave Luck the ball, and seven plays later, he hit a wide-open Allen for a 7-0 edge.

Indianapolis only needed four plays on its next drive, with Allen even more open for a 21-yard catch to make it 14-0. By then the Colts had gained 120 yards, the Jets 6.

The Colts ended up beating the Jets in yards 421 to 250. Indianapolis scored its most points since Week 13 of 2014; the Jets allowed their most since Week 8 of that season.

New York finally improved after Pat McAfee’s punt was downed at their 3. Matt Forte turned a short pass into a 40-yard gain with a dirty move on Rashaan Melvin, although that drive stalled and Nick Folk made a 38-yard field goal.

Allen set a career best with his third TD reception on a perfect 23-yard throw from Luck, and then the thrashing began.

Donte Moncrief added a 3-yard touchdown, the sixth straight game he has caught one. Hilton continually victimized cornerback Darrelle Revis and other Jets DBs, making nine catches for 146 yards. Hilton went over 1,000 yards for the fourth time in his five pro seasons.

The Jets are now 1-5 at home. Many fans are now calling for the firing of coach Todd Bowles, who led the Jets to a 10-6 record a year ago in his first season in charge.

“I thought for the first time this year, we got our (butt) handed to us,” Bowles said.

The Jets next visit the San Francisco 49ers (1-11) on Sunday, while the Colts will host Houston in a first-place division showdown that same day. “We know how big that game is,” Luck said.