{"id":18509,"date":"2011-10-12T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T15:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18509"},"modified":"2011-10-12T10:41:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T15:41:43","slug":"nfl-predictions-week-6-indianapolis-colts-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-week-6-indianapolis-colts-vs-cincinnati-bengals-18509\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions Week 6: Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts at Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 10\/16\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 38
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cincinnati Bengals have covered seven straight games against AFC opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis travels to Cincinnati with an 0-5 straight-up record and 3-2 against-the-spread mark, fueling plenty of speculation if the franchise is now aiming for next year\u2019s No. 1 pick in the 2012 NFL draft.\u00a0 The Colts may be targeting Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck to replace Peyton Manning down the road, as he\u2019s likely out for the year with a neck injury.\u00a0 The team is coming off a disappointing 28-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs as one-point home favorites, but has also been out-gained in all five contests this year.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 5-3 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus years, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 6-2 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Colts will likely be led by quarterback Curtis Painter, who will be making his third career start, coming off a 277-yard performance.\u00a0 He continues to target wide receiver Pierre Garcon, who led the team for a second consecutive week with five receptions for 125 yards and two scores.\u00a0 Indianapolis has had some success in this series, especially when playing in Cincinnati, tallying an 8-2 record in the last eight trips here.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has completed consecutive fourth-quarter comebacks in pushing its record to 3-2 on the season, including a 30-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars as one-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Bengals are 1-1 at home this year, but tallied a 23-20 win over the Buffalo Bills as three-point underdogs two weeks back.\u00a0 Unlike this week\u2019s opponent, the team has won the statistical battle in four of five contests.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 4-1 ATS on the year, but just 2-12 ATS as a favorite in its last 14 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are led by rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, who ranks 13th in the AFC with a 78.7 passer rating, but is starting to gain a reputation in bringing his team back in the late stages of games.\u00a0 Cincinnati still has a top option in the backfield with running back Cedric Benson, who has rushed the ball 101 times, but is averaging just 4.0 yards per carry.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the team\u2019s defense has been outstanding, ranking first in the league in yards allowed per game.\u00a0 The unit doesn\u2019t seem to take a play off, sitting atop the league rankings in yards allowed per play as well.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bengals due to their 7-0 ATS mark versus AFC opponents, while the Colts are 1-5 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

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Indianapolis Colts at Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 10\/16\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 38 Current Total:\u00a0 41 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis travels to Cincinnati with an 0-5 straight-up record and 3-2 against-the-spread mark, fueling plenty of speculation if the franchise is now aiming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2046,3386,302,5333,126],"class_list":["post-18509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andrew-luck","tag-andy-dalton","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-curtis-painter","tag-indianapolis-colts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18509","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=18509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18510,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18509\/revisions\/18510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}