{"id":17184,"date":"2011-08-18T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17184"},"modified":"2011-08-18T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T17:14:09","slug":"2011-nfl-preseason-preview-washington-redskins-at-indianapolis-colts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/2011-nfl-preseason-preview-washington-redskins-at-indianapolis-colts-17184\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 NFL Preseason Preview: Washington Redskins at Indianapolis Colts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at Indianapolis Colts
\nFriday, 8\/19\/11, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 34.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 34
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indianapolis Colts WR Reggie Wayne anxiously awaits the return of his quarterback Peyton Manning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington surprised many with a 16-7 home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers last week, out-gaining the AFC champions by 266 yards in the process.\u00a0 The Redskins were led by quarterback Rex Grossman, who finished 19-of-26 for 207 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 It was an impressive showing due to playing just a half of football.\u00a0 \u201cWe got into a rhythm and pretty much played consistent throughout the first half,\u201d Grossman commented after the game.\u00a0 He will not start Friday\u2019s game under center, as head coach Mike Shanahan has named John Beck the starter.\u00a0 The former BYU star missed the opener due to a groin injury, but has looked razor sharp in practice heading in.<\/p>\n

The Redskins are hoping that running back Tim Hightower can give the rushing attack a lift this season, rushing for 44 yards on 10 carries against the Steelers.\u00a0 He averaged 4.5 yards per carry during his two years in Arizona.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the coaching staff has been working with a rebuilt defensive line since parting ways with Albert Haynesworth, who has landed in New England.\u00a0 The unit ranked 31st overall a season ago and signing Barry Cofield and Stephen Bowen is a step in the right direction.\u00a0 Both were members of divisional rivals a year ago and add much-needed quickness to the group.<\/p>\n

Indianapolis dropped a 33-10 road contest to the St. Louis Rams last week as 7-point underdogs, which is nothing new for this team during the preseason.\u00a0 The Colts are 1-8 SU and 2-7 ATS in their last nine exhibition contests.\u00a0 Experts are anxiously awaiting the arrival of quarterback Peyton Manning on the practice field, as he rehabs from offseason neck surgery.\u00a0 There\u2019s concern that he may not be ready for the season opener against Houston.\u00a0 Looking back at the 2008 season, Manning had knee surgeries during the offseason, which caused the team to lose four of its first seven games before rattling off nine-straight wins to end the year.<\/p>\n

The Colts are reduced to backup quarterbacks Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky in Manning\u2019s absence, as both threw costly interceptions early in last week\u2019s loss.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s encouraging moments, there\u2019s some that are challenging,\u201d Painter stated after the game.\u00a0 \u201cHaving another week of practice will help.\u201d\u00a0 Indianapolis leads the all-time preseason series, 14-11-1, but is just 5-6-1 when hosting.\u00a0 Offensively, the team will look to continue developing its rookie running backs, as Darren Evans, Delone Carter and Chad Spann combined for 91 rushing yards against St. Louis.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Redskins are 22-25 ATS as a preseason favorite, while the Colts are 25-22 ATS as underdogs.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on profiting this season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you.\u00a0 Get a long term package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at Indianapolis Colts Friday, 8\/19\/11, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 34.5 Current Total:\u00a0 34 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Washington surprised many with a 16-7 home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers last week, out-gaining the AFC champions by 266 yards in the process.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5333,126,322,282,5331,5332,345],"class_list":["post-17184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-curtis-painter","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-john-beck","tag-peyton-manning","tag-rex-grossman","tag-tim-hightower","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17184","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17185,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17184\/revisions\/17185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}