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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Ted Monachino has been diagnosing problems all season.After six troubling games, hes ready to start seeing real solutions when Indy visits Tennessee this weekend..Were nowhere near where we need to be. We havent played winning football often enough, Monachino said Thursday. Weve had flashes of really good play in several games. (Weve) gone stretches where weve played well. But the 60-minute idea is, you have to start fast, youve got to be able to maintain momentum throughout the course of a game and you have to finish like youve never finished and we havent been able to do that.His blunt assessment, of course, will be welcomed by weary fans, who have already become frustrated with a seemingly constant barrage of penalties, missed tackles and generally poor play that have plagued the Colts (2-4).It was never more evident than Sunday night, when Brock Osweiler and the Houston Texans drove for back-to-back touchdowns in the final seven minutes of regulation to erase a 14-point deficit and then moved into position for the winning field on their first possession of overtime.Along the way, there were plenty of mistakes.Monachino blamed himself for not getting his four best pass rushers on the field immediately when the Texans drove for their first TD. The reason: Monachino thought Houston would still mix things up instead of going immediately to the hurry-up offense.But the bigger problem was all those missed tackles that couldnt be hidden on game tape.Every individual guy has to make up their mind that they are going to use what has happened in the past and learn from it and make it push them forward, cornerback Darius Butler said.Theres really no other choice.Only Jacksonville, Detroit and the New York Jets and Giants have fewer takeaways Indy (six).Only San Francisco, Carolina and Cleveland have allowed more points than the Colts (176).Only Oakland and New Orleans have allowed more yards per game than Indy (411.2), and only the Jets and Lions have allowed a higher completion percentage to opposing quarterbacks than the Colts (69.0).The gory details only tell part of the tale, though.Its disappointing and thats an understatement, inside linebacker DQwell Jackson said. It isnt effort, it isnt guys not being in the right place, its technique and knowing all 11 are going to be on the same page.Sure, some stats could be explained by an injury rash that left the secondary and defensive line so depleted that the Colts spent some weeks playing almost exclusively with backups.But now, with most of those missing players back in action, the troubles have continued. After playing their best 3 1/2 quarters of the season Sunday night, the Colts couldnt close out the victory because Houston found ways to gash the defense.Perhaps the most frustrating part is that Monachino and Colts head coach Chuck Pagano were both hired in Indianapolis so they could put together a defense that emulated Baltimores aggressive, ball-hawking style.When Pagano was asked Wednesday to describe how he wants Indys defense to look, he responded: A defense that stops the run, is very, very aggressive and attacking. A defense that wreaks havoc and makes it very, very difficult to operate as an offense and dictates the tempo.So far, that hasnt come close to happening -- even though Monachino and his players will keep working toward that goal.You put it on the tape, Monachino said. Youre brutally honest and you make sure that everybody understands that this isnt how we win the game.Game notes Quarterback Andrew Luck (ankle and right shoulder) did limited work Thursday, his usual light day of practice, and Pro Bowl receiver T.Y. Hilton (hip) did not practice Thursday after doing limited work Wednesday. ... Other players who missed Thursdays practice were: Butler (calf and hamstring), Jackson (rest) tight end Dwayne Allen (sprained right ankle), defensive end Henry Anderson (knee), receiver Phillip Dorsett (foot and hamstring), defensive tackle Zach Kerr (ankle), outside linebacker Curt Maggitt (ankle), left guard Jack Mewhort (triceps) and receiver Donte Moncrief (fractured shoulder blade). ... 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Clarkson had been dealing with an elbow injury in early January and will be out of action for at least one week. He has three goals and five assists through 36 games with the Leafs this season. ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Running back Latavius Murray isnt concerned about the Oakland Raiders suffering through any type of hangover after their six-game winning streak ended last week in Kansas City.With a chance to secure a playoff spot Sunday against San Diego, Murray said, the Raiders have moved on and are focused solely on the Chargers.Were looking forward to everything that we have in front of us Murray said Tuesday. Our goals . theyre still right in front of us. Thats how we re-focus. We want to be playing postseason so we can give ourselves a chance to play for the big one. It starts Sunday.The 21-13 loss to the Chiefs dropped the Raiders out of sole possession of first place and into a tie with Kansas City in the AFC West.More critically, Oakland fell from the No. 1 seed in the AFC to No. 5, meaning that unless the standings change the Raiders will be playing all of their postseason games on the road -- provided they get there.The breakdown is simple: A win against the Chargers and the Raiders (10-3) are in the playoffs for the first time since 2002. A loss and they could still get in this week, though theyll need help from a handful of other teams to do so.When the Raiders edged the Chargers earlier this season at the Coliseum on Oct. 9, Murray did not play because of a toe injury. His absence was glaring as Oakland was held to just 89 yards on the ground while rookies Jalen Richard and DeAndre Washington filled in.Murray is completely recovered now and coming off his second 100-yard game of the season. He is also tiied for second in the NFL with 12 rushing touchdowns and has a 5.dddddddddddd5 yard per-carry average in four career games against San Diego.Yet Murray was not involved in one of the biggest plays of the game last week against the Chiefs when Oakland offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave called for a deep pass that fell incomplete. A false start penalty on fourth down forced the Raiders to pass again and that was also incomplete.Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said earlier this week that he wished the team had run the ball in that situation, though Murray defended the call.I know everybody wants to talk about what we maybe should have did, Murray said. Maybe its one of those things that Jack wishes he would have done differently but I trust in everything that he does and every call that comes from downstairs. If it did work then everybody wouldnt be talking about what we should have done. Thats how the game goes.Oakland is expected to have left guard Kelechi Osemele back in the lineup after the 6-foot-5, 336-pound offensive lineman had to be hospitalized in Kansas City due to a kidney stone.Osemele said he was awakened in the middle of the night by the pain and was eventually sent to the hospital where it took 12 hours to pass the kidney stone.It was very frustrating, Osemele said. Its pretty painful. I wouldnt wish that on anybody.----Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '