{"id":17270,"date":"2011-08-25T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17270"},"modified":"2011-08-25T14:03:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T19:03:24","slug":"pro-football-picks-green-bay-packers-at-indianapolis-colts-week-3-preseason-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-green-bay-packers-at-indianapolis-colts-week-3-preseason-betting-17270\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: Green Bay Packers at Indianapolis Colts Week 3 Preseason Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Indianapolis Colts
\nFriday, 8\/26\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 38.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 38.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy's offense is accustomed to scoring points in the preseason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay heads to Indianapolis for its third preseason game and comes in off a 28-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals as five-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Packers dropped their first exhibition contest of the season, 27-17, in Cleveland during Week 1.\u00a0 This will be the second straight season that the team faces the Colts in the preseason, picking up a 59-24 win at Lambeau Field in 2010.\u00a0 The 59 points posted by Green Bay were the most by a Packers team in the preseason since 1938.\u00a0 It also marked the most by any team in a preseason game since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.\u00a0 The \u2018over\u2019 is 8-2 in Green Bay\u2019s last 10 exhibition contests.<\/p>\n

The Packers first-team offense was on the field for three series last week against the Cardinals, as quarterback Aaron Rodgers played into the second quarter and completed 9 of 12 passes for 97 yards.\u00a0 He led the team to a touchdown drive out of a no-huddle offense that impressed head coach Mike McCarthy at this stage of camp.\u00a0 \u201cI feel that we\u2019ve always done a good job with the no-huddle,\u201d McCarthy commented.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s good to get quality work, game-time work.\u201d\u00a0 Green Bay backup quarterback Matt Flynn continues to impress behind Rodgers, hitting 5-of-6 throwing attempts for 141 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Indianapolis continues to treat preseason games as meaningless in terms of the scoreboard in dropping its first two contests against the St. Louis Rams (33-10) and Washington Redskins (16-3).\u00a0 The Colts have been more concerned about the health of starting quarterback Peyton Manning, who underwent offseason neck surgery and many are now questioning if he\u2019ll be ready for the season opener.\u00a0 The franchise signed veteran NFL quarterback Kerry Collins as insurance Wednesday and head coach Jim Caldwell knows what he\u2019s getting.\u00a0 \u201cObviously, Kerry is a guy who has been around and he has a lot of experience,\u201d Caldwell stated.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 preseason games.<\/p>\n

The Colts will start Curtis Painter for a third consecutive game under center Friday, as Collins gets acclimated with the playbook.\u00a0 Painter and potential third-string quarterback Dan Orlovsky have combined for a 34.4 passer rating, completing 19 of 43 passes for 273 yards, a touchdown and four interceptions.\u00a0 Indianapolis\u2019 offense has generated just a single touchdown and two field goals under their watch.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, defensive end Dwight Freeney and the rest of the starters are expected to see extending time in Week 3.\u00a0 The group has been left on an island due to the offense\u2019s ineffectiveness, but forced three field goals with red zone stops last week.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in backing the Colts due to their 8-5 ATS mark following consecutive preseason losses, while the Packers are 14-15 ATS away from Lambeau Field before the regular season.<\/p>\n

The NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports are gearing up for the regular season and long-term packages are available today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Indianapolis Colts Friday, 8\/26\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 38.5 Current Total:\u00a0 38.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Green Bay heads to Indianapolis for its third preseason game and comes in off a 28-20 win over the Arizona […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,5333,1119,126,3727,719,282],"class_list":["post-17270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-curtis-painter","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jim-caldwell","tag-kerry-collins","tag-peyton-manning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17270","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=17270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17272,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17270\/revisions\/17272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}