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Time to recover: Speedy rookie receiver off to fast start

By MIKE BEAS
Daily Journal sports writer
First Posted: September 24, 2012 - 10:48 pm
Last Updated: September 24, 2012 - 10:49 pm

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Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton carries the football during a 22-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. PHOTO BY SCOTT ROBERSON

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton celebrates a touchdown during a 22-17 loss Sunday to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. PHOTO BY SCOTT ROBERSON

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The hands that only seconds earlier let the football slip through them were now partially covering the horseshoes on T.Y. Hilton’s helmet.

No way had he just whiffed on a short pass from quarterback Andrew Luck in the left flat, with nary a defender within 10 yards of him.

Infuriated with himself for the brief lapse in focus, the Indianapolis Colts wide receiver, his head cocked back, engaged in a three-second staredown with the skies directly above Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday.

That is if Hilton’s eyes were even open.

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