{"id":19370,"date":"2011-11-13T09:55:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T14:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19370"},"modified":"2011-11-13T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T14:55:58","slug":"pro-football-betting-preview-jacksonville-jaguars-vs-indianapolis-colts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-betting-preview-jacksonville-jaguars-vs-indianapolis-colts-19370\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Betting Preview: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Indianapolis Colts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts
\nSunday, 11\/13\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Jacksonville -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Jacksonville -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 37
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 37.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jacksonville Jaguars rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert is completing less than 50 percent of his passes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jacksonville comes out of its bye week to face a winless Indianapolis\u2019 squad, bringing in an 8-8 record after enjoying a week off.\u00a0 The Jaguars have lost 15 of the last 20 matchups in this AFC South divisional rivalry, picking up a split in last year\u2019s series, registering a 34-24 defeat as four-point road underdogs on Dec. 19, 2010.\u00a0 Many are surprised that Jacksonville is dressing up as a road favorite in this one, as rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert has completed less then 50 percent of his passes this year. \u00a0 Jacksonville is 8-5 ATS versus division opponents the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars will likely hand the ball to a rested Maurice Jones-Drew 30 times offensively, coming in as the sixth-leading rusher in the NFL, gaining 740 yards and has gained 929 yards in 10 career meetings with Sunday\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 It still might not be enough for an offensive attack that puts up just 12.3 points and averages 242.6 yards a contest.\u00a0 From a situational standpoint, Jacksonville will be lining up as a road favorite of three points or less for the first time since at least the 2009 season.<\/p>\n

Indianapolis will try to avoid its first 0-10 start since the 1997 campaign and comes in with a 7-2 record in its last nine games prior to a bye week.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s different than any other year obviously we\u2019ve ever had,\u201d Colts head coach Jim Caldwell stated.\u00a0 \u201cOur task is to find a way out of it.\u201d\u00a0 Star quarterback Peyton Manning hasn\u2019t taken a snap, while signal-caller Curtis Painter is coming off a dreadful performance, completing just 13-of-27 passes for 98 yards last week.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 0-2 ATS this season when the betting odds fall between a field goal on either side, while the over has cashed in both of those contests.<\/p>\n

The Colts must be able to stop Jones-Drew to have any shot at winning this game, something that AFC South teams have had a hard time doing since 2006.\u00a0 Jacksonville has averaged 152.6 rushing yards per game against the division over that span.\u00a0 Indianapolis is allowing 146.1 rushing yards per game.\u00a0 The Colts have won eight of 10 home matchups with the Jaguars.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Jaguars due to their 4-0 ATS mark as a favorite of three points or less, while the Colts are 0-8 ATS versus a team with a losing record.<\/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":"

Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts Sunday, 11\/13\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Jacksonville -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Jacksonville -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 37 Current Total:\u00a0 37.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Jacksonville comes out of its bye week to face a winless Indianapolis\u2019 squad, bringing in an 8-8 record after enjoying a week off.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2585,5194,5333,126,297,1064],"class_list":["post-19370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-south","tag-blaine-gabbert","tag-curtis-painter","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-maurice-jones-drew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19370","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=19370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19371,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19370\/revisions\/19371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}