Friday, May 25th, 2012
The New England Patriots will pay a visit to the Indianapolis Colts in a Sunday Night Football game in prime time. Kick off time at Indianapolis is scheduled for 8:20PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBC. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Indianapolis Colts opened as a 3 point favorite with the over under coming in at 46 ½. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the underdog New England Patriots, as the Indianapolis Colts are currently a 2-½ point favorite. The over under has been bet towards the over, as the total is currently lined at 50. NFL money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Indianapolis Colts at –155 with the underdog New England Patriots bringing back +135 to win straight up without the points a factor in the bet.
The teams met in the regular season with Indianapolis winning 18-15 at home. The Patriots dominated time of possession with over 34 minutes with the ball but the Colts had 2 turnovers in defeat. New England is at 6-2 on the season after beating division rival the Miami Dolphins 27-17 last week. Tom Brady has been on fire hitting on 300 or more yards passing in his past three games and all resulting in victories by double digits. Brady is hitting on 65% of his passes on the season with 16 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Running back Laurence Maroney is coming off another good running performance with 82 yards rushing on the Dolphins in 20 carries. Peyton Manning and his passing offense will test New England’s passing defense. The Patriots allow 181 yards per game through the air. The Indianapolis Colts had been rolling during the season with 6 straight wins and then came the bye week. Indy following the bye has seen their point total dip as the team could only put up 18 on San Francisco and then just 20 last week against the Texans. Indy had to survive a missed field goal attempt as time expired to survive the game last week against their division rival. Peyton Manning hit on 68% of his passes last week but could only throw for 1 touchdown pass. Since coming off the bye in two games Manning has just 1 touchdown pass. Joseph Addai has struggled through most the season with just 3.4 yards per carry average in 116 carries on the season. The Colts defense has played very well this season allowing just 108 yards on the ground and just 195 through the air. Indy’s secondary does not give up many big plays as the team allows just 8.4 yards per completion on the season. The Colts must improve in their red zone efficiency as the team has converted in just 2 of their past 8 trips inside the opponents 20 yard line. This should be an interesting game as the Patriots are suddenly firing on all cylinders and the Colts offense has cooled off after their explosive start. The Colts have lost safety Bob Sanders for the season.
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NFL Trend: New England Patriots are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 meetings
The Wagerline consensus has 61.0% of the NFL bettors on New England +2 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 56.4% the NFL bettors playing over 50
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