{"id":18263,"date":"2011-10-03T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T14:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18263"},"modified":"2011-10-03T09:43:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T14:43:49","slug":"monday-night-football-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/monday-night-football-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers-18263\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Night Football Picks: Indianapolis Colts vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
\nMonday, 10\/3\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are up in price in the betting market this week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis will be starting Curtis Painter under center for the first time in his career as the team looks to turn around an 0-3 start to the year.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s certainly made good strides during the course of the week,\u201d commented Colts head coach Jim Caldwell.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s got a good rhythm going right now, and yesterday\u2019s practice was very good.\u201d\u00a0 The former Purdue Boilermakers signal-caller came off the bench to complete 5 of 11 passes for 60 yards in a 23-20 loss to Pittsburgh in last Sunday night\u2019s prime-time contest.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 21-17 ATS over the last two-plus years and 11-5 ATS on the road over that span.<\/p>\n

The Colts are obviously still dealing with the shock of not having star Peyton Manning in the huddle, as he will continue to help out in the press box.\u00a0 Indianapolis has been hammered by other injuries, including losses of linebacker Gary Brackett and safety Melvin Bullitt.\u00a0 So far, Pat Angerer has done a commendable job in the middle of the defense, tallying 20 tackles a week ago.\u00a0 Defensively, Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis will continue to spearhead that effort, tallying 37 and 34 sacks respectively over the last 48 games.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay is set to host its first Monday Night Football game since the 2003 season, as the team was featured in the prime-time event 14 times from 1998 through 2008.\u00a0 The Buccaneers have just one veteran that has experienced the bright lights that comes along with the contest.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been toiling down here in Tampa for a long time, unrecognized,\u201d commented Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the only game in town that night, everybody\u2019s watching.\u201d\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 17-16 ATS over the last two-plus campaigns and 4-12 ATS at home.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers have bounce back from a 27-20 season-opening loss to the Detroit Lions as one-point home favorites, handing losses to the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings.\u00a0 Tampa Bay will be in a different type of spread atmosphere tonight, laying double digits in most places, which is far different than having its first three games within just a point on either side of a pick\u2019 em.\u00a0 Quarterback Josh Freeman has completed 67.9 percent of his passes through three games, but has also thrown for four interceptions and just two touchdowns.\u00a0 His quarterback rating is nearly 20 points lower than last year\u2019s 95.9 mark.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Buccaneers due to their 6-1 ATS record following a straight-up win, while the Colts are 1-4 ATS in their last five games overall.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Monday, 10\/3\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 40 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis will be starting Curtis Painter under center for the first time in his career as the team looks to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5333,126,759,458],"class_list":["post-18263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-curtis-painter","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-josh-freeman","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18263","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=18263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18264,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18263\/revisions\/18264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}