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Colts take the lead with a pair of big plays

Andrew Luck

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck throws against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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The Colts got themselves right back in the game with the Seahawks, and they did it in dramatic fashion.

After a flat start, the Colts now lead 14-12 after Delano Howell returned a blocked field goal 61 yards for a touchdown. Lawrence Guy got his hand on the ball, and Howell got a good bounce and was able to (mostly) outrun punter/holder Jon Ryan for the score.

They had previously got on the board when quarterback Andrew Luck played pitch-and-catch with T.Y. Hilton for a 73-yard touchdown.

The Seahawks had been playing aggressive defense throughout, but cornerback Richard Sherman let Hilton get a clean release, and safety Kam Chancellor skipped a chance to blast Hilton out of bounds. Hilton’s nifty stop-and-start move left Chancellor looking like Wile E. Coyote running off a cliff, and realizing gravity was about to kick in.