INDIANAPOLIS — Areas of interest in the Indianapolis Colts’ Sunday meeting with the Miami Dolphins at Lucas Oil Stadium: Kickoff: 1 p.m. Broadcast: FOX59. Spread: Colts by 3. History lesson, Part I: The Dolphins lead the overall series 48-28, but the Colts recently have flipped the script. They’ve won seven of the last nine. That includes a 27-17 win in south Florida in the most recent meeting in 2021. The last time the former AFC East rivals met in Indy was in 2019, and Miami posted a 16-12 win. History lesson, Part II: One episode in the long-running series that debuted in 1970 remains one of our favorites from the Peyton Manning era. Colts vs. Miami in week 2 of 2009. Indy walked into Land Shark Stadium and exited with a 27-23 victory. Somehow. The Dolphins utilized the Wildcat for most of the game with Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams — 49 rushes for 239 yards — and piled up massive edges in time of possession (45:07-14:53) and total plays (84-35).  Manning and the Colts countered with a quick-strike offense that averaged 10.2 yards per play. Indy’s three TD drives covered 80, 79 and 80 yards, but the time of possession was 12 seconds; 3 minutes, 17 seconds; and 32 seconds. Adam Vinatieri’s 48-yard field goal at the end of the first half capped a five-play, 44-yard drive that required only 43 seconds. On the first play of the game, Manning hit tight end Dallas Clark for an 80-yard TD. The game remains an NFL record for the least time of possession in a victory. History lesson, Part III: Speaking of Clark, he’ll be inducted into the Colts’ Ring of Honor at halftime on Sunday. In a stat that means absolutely nothing, Indy has won four of the last six games when it’s held a Ring of Honor ceremony. The last time Miami was the opponent: 2019 when it posted that 16-12 victory that spoiled Dwight Freeney’s induction. Richardson returns: Two issues with Anthony Richardson’s return to the starting lineup. He’s missed the last two games with an oblique injury. 1) He’s got to start what he finishes. Not just Sunday, but for the next two, three, eight, 10 games. The only way Richardson can establish himself as the Colts’ quarterback of the future is to be their quarterback of the present. As everyone knows, he’s only finished four of his eight career starts because of injury, including the week 4 win over the Steelers. 2) Since Shane Steichen and the medical staff consider Richardson healthy enough to start, allow him to be the dual threat the franchise drafted with the fourth overall pick in 2023. That doesn’t mean being reckless with him as a runner. It simply means using the entire playbook. Have Richardson move around in the pocket and dial up the RPOs with him keeping it when the situation warrants. If the plan includes limiting his exposure to possible injury, then the Colts just should have stuck with Joe Flacco. Richardson is who is he. It’s on him to better protect himself when danger nears. Help the QB: And that means giving Richardson the threat of a run game. That certainly includes him posing a threat to Miami’s No. 5-ranked defense, but it’s up to running backs Trey Sermon and Tyler Goodson to be more effective with Jonathan Taylor missing a third straight game with an ankle injury. The past two weeks, the run game has averaged 89.5 yards per game and 3.7 yards per attempt. Those numbers actually are misleading. Goodson posted a career-long 33-yard run against the Titans, and Flacco lumbered for 21 at Jacksonville. Exclude those, and the non-Taylor run game has averaged 2.7 yards per attempt. Miami’s defense ranks No. 3 against the pass (159.6 yards per game), but is No. 18 in rushing per game (125.8) and No. 23 in yards per attempt (4.7). Make Huntley make plays: The Colts’ defense has been here before. Like in week 2 at Green Bay. With quarterback Jordan Love out with a knee injury, they faced unproven backup Malik Willis. He exploited Indy with the best game of his modest career (12-of-14 passing, 122 yards, his first career TD pass; 41 yards on six rushes). Now, they face Tyler Huntley. Tua Tagovailoa remains on IR with his concussion issues and backup Skylar Thompson is questionable with a rib injury. The Dolphins also added Tim Boyle to the game-day roster. Yes, Huntley’s sketchy five-year career includes a weird Pro Bowl appearance in 2022. He started four games for Baltimore in place of injured Lamar Jackson and somehow was named a fourth alternate to the Pro Bowl despite passing for just 658 yards with two TDs and three interceptions. When Buffalo’s Josh Allen pulled out of the all-star game, the dominoes kept falling until they landed at Huntley’s feet. An obvious game plan by the Dolphins would be to steal from the Packers. Huntley isn’t considered a serious threat in the pass game — 64.1% career completion rate but 5.7 yards per attempt and 8.9 yards per completion — but he’s capable of doing damage with his legs. Huntley has averaged 4.4 yards while rushing for 556 yards in 22 games. He’s handled at least 10 attempts four times and picked up at least 40 yards on eight occasions. The threat Huntley presents adds to the potency of running backs De’Von Achane, rookie Jaylen Wright and Raheem Mostert. In the week 4 win at New England, the Dolphins rushed 41 times for 193 yards. Wright finished with 86 on 13 and Mostert with 80 on 19. In the past two games with Huntley under center, the Dolphins have rushed for 296 yards on 71 attempts. Huntley is 32-of-53 for 290 yards. That’s 5.5 yards per attempt. But as much as Huntley hasn’t been a threat in the pass game, Miami still boasts home-run hitters in wideouts Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. If coach Mike McDaniels dials up an occasional shallow crosser, Hill or Waddle can go the distance. Hill has averaged 14.4 yards per catch with 77 career TDs. Waddle has averaged 13.4 yards with 18 TDs. Find a few sacks: Regardless of the quarterback, Miami has had protection issues. It has allowed 16 sacks and more than two dozen QB pressures. And regardless of the quarterback, the Colts have had sack issues. They’ve gone nine consecutive quarters without one. In case you’ve forgotten, Indy’s last sack came from cornerback Chris Lammons against the Steelers’ Justin Fields in the third quarter of the week 4 meeting. Along with going sackless against the Jaguars and Titans, the defense was credited with only seven QB hits. And the winner is: Colts 24, Dolphins 13. Richardson should add another element to the offense that Flacco can’t. This game should hinge on Richardson making a handful of difference-making plays and avoiding game-swinging mistakes, and the defense not allowing the Miami offense to gain confidence. The Dolphins are averaging a league-low 12 points a game. They’ve averaged 10 the past four games. You can follow Mike Chappell on Twitter/X at @mchappell51.