Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The Indianapolis Colts off their bye week will hit the road to face the St Louis Rams in an NFL game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in St Louis is set for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Fox. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Indianapolis Colts have opened as an 11 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 43. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the favorite, as the Indianapolis Colts are currently a 13-point favorite. The total has seen upward betting by the sports betting public as the over under is currently lined at 46. NFL money line gamblers who would like to make a play on the favored Indianapolis Colts will find the favorite lined at –600 with the underdog St Louis Rams returning +600 to pull off the home upset win without the points spread a factor in the bet.
The Indianapolis Colts enters this game with the winless St Louis Rams a perfect 5-0 on the season. Peyton Manning has been on target with his receiving corps just knifing through opposing secondaries to the tune of a 73.5% completion percentage with 12 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. He has passed for over 300 yards in every game this season and will play against a very weak defense in the Rams. The Rams give up an average of 252 yards through the air and give up an average of 37 points per game in their 2 home games this season. In the Rams two home games they have been no closer than 19 points by the end of 60 minutes. The Rams pass defense allows 12.0 yards per completion and their secondary will be extremely tested against the Colts wide receiver spread set. The Colts have played well against the pass this season allowing just 192 yards per game and an NFL best 8.0 yards per completion average. Rams starting quarterback Marc Bulger is hitting on 58% of is passes with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. The Rams have injury concerns at wide receiver position, which has resulted in a 33% conversion rate of third downs. Steven Jackson has been a workhorse this season with 120 rushes for 501 yards and 4.2 yards per play average. In their loss last week to Jacksonville the Jaguars had 166 yards rushing and 326 passing Had it not been for 3 Jaguars turnovers the margin of the Jacksonville’s victory would be greater.
Tony T’s Opinion: I cannot play the Rams in this spot. Peyton Manning will exploit this poor Rams secondary. For Steven Jackson to be relevant in this game the Rams have to play a close game and that does not appear to be possible based on how poorly the Rams defense have played. The Rams cant match scores with Indy because the Colts play good pass defense. If this game makes my card I would be on the Indy side.
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NFL Trend: St Louis Rams are 3-10 ATS in their last 13 spots as a double-digit underdog
The Wagerline consensus has 86.6% of the NFL bettors on Indianapolis -13
The Wagerline consensus has 62.9% the NFL bettors playing over 46
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