Tenth-year journeyman with just nine career NFL starts ran the first-team offense in Wednesday practice for Sunday showdown.
Charlie Whitehurst took all of the first-team snaps with the Indianapolis Colts offense Wednesday. Question is, will “Clipboard Jesus” do the same on Sunday against the Houston Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium?
“I don’t know what will happen,” said Whitehurst, 33. “I’ll prepare the same way I have the last couple of weeks. We’ll see.”
That is, prepare to start, the expectation for every NFL player on a weekly basis. But it just might happen.
In a day where starting quarterbacks were ruled out for both AFC South Division co-leaders — the Colts’ Andrew Luck (kidney) and Texans’ Brian Hoyer (concussion) — attention quickly shifted to backup plans.