{"id":10482,"date":"2010-11-12T16:34:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T21:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10482"},"modified":"2010-11-12T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T21:34:48","slug":"nfl-picks-colts-vs-bengals-game-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-colts-vs-bengals-game-predictions-10482\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks: Colts Vs Bengals Game Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
\nSunday, November 14, 2010, 1:00 pm EDT, TV: CBS
\nOpening Line: Colts -8
\nCurrent Line: Colts -7
\nOpening Total: 47.5
\nCurrent Total: 47
\nMoney Line: Colts -350 \/ Bengals +290<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indy QB Peyton Manning has been a leading NFL MVP candidate yet again this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Cincinnati Bengals (2-6) are coming off a disappointing 27-21 home loss to Pittsburgh on Monday night and will try to snap a five-game losing streak on Sunday when they visit the Indianapolis Colts (5-3).\u00a0 The Bengals dug themselves into a 27-7 hole due in part to sloppy play in the opening minutes when they fumbled the opening kickoff and had a punt blocked on their first two possessions.\u00a0 Cincinnati failed to complete a furious comeback that left them just short of the game-winning score, something Indianapolis (-7) experienced last week as well.<\/p>\n

The Colts dropped a tough 26-24 decision at Philadelphia after winning their previous three games but still covered the spread\u00a0 to move to 3-0-1 ATS in their last four.\u00a0 Indy has been dealing with a number of injuries on the offensive side of the ball and lost wide receiver Austin Collie to a concussion in the second quarter against the Eagles.\u00a0 The team is already without All-Pro tight end Dallas Clark (wrist), wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez (knee) along with running backs Joseph Addai (shoulder) and Mike Hart (ankle) due to injuries.<\/p>\n

Still, Colts quarterback Peyton Manning continues to prove himself as one of the leading MVP candidates in the NFL due to his unique ability to take advantage of whoever he has on the field with him.\u00a0 Former backup tight end Jacob Tamme is the perfect example, totaling 17 receptions for 172 yards and scoring two touchdowns since replacing Clark in the starting lineup.\u00a0 Manning has also dominated the Bengals during his career, going a perfect 6-0 against them with 17 touchdown passes and only three interceptions.<\/p>\n

Indianapolis is playing with a depleted backfield as well with Donald Brown and rookie Javarris James splitting time at running back.\u00a0 Brown finally appears healthy after recovering from a lingering hamstring injury, as he ran 15 times for 50 yards against Philly while James made the most of his goal-line carries by scoring the first two touchdowns of his young pro career.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Cincinnati\u2019s issues have been on both offense and defense.\u00a0 The Bengals are surrendering 27 points per game during their skid, and offensively they have not been in sync like they were last year during their AFC North divisional title run.\u00a0 The addition of wide receiver Terrell Owens has been the lone bright spot, as he is among the league leaders with 55 receptions, 770 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.\u00a0 Fellow wideout Chad Ochocinco has struggled mightily recently with only four catches for 49 yards combined in the last two games.<\/p>\n

The OVER is 4-1 in Cincy\u2019s last five games overall, and the team has not covered the spread once during the losing streak.\u00a0 The Bengals have won four of the last five meetings with the Colts, but all four of those wins took place during the preseason.\u00a0 Indy has crushed Cincinnati in the last two regular-season meetings, winning by a combined score of 69-19 and covering both times.<\/p>\n

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Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN Sunday, November 14, 2010, 1:00 pm EDT, TV: CBS Opening Line: Colts -8 Current Line: Colts -7 Opening Total: 47.5 Current Total: 47 Money Line: Colts -350 \/ Bengals +290 The Cincinnati Bengals (2-6) are coming off a disappointing 27-21 home loss to Pittsburgh on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":4861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[302,3815,2539,2508,126,1930,1922],"class_list":["post-10482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-colts-bengals-preview","tag-football-betting","tag-free-nfl-pick","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10482"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10558,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482\/revisions\/10558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}