{"id":19971,"date":"2011-12-03T14:10:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T19:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19971"},"modified":"2011-12-03T14:10:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T19:10:12","slug":"colts-vs-patriots-afc-rivals-face-off-at-gillette-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/colts-vs-patriots-afc-rivals-face-off-at-gillette-stadium-19971\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts vs. Patriots: AFC Rivals Face Off at Gillette Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots
\nSunday, 12\/4\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -20.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -20
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Patriots<\/a>
New England Patriots QB Tom Brady is 8-4 SU versus the Indianapolis Colts in his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis is the only team in the NFL without a win and will be facing the New england Patriots for the 12th time since the 2003 campaign Sunday afternoon.\u00a0 The Colts are making a move at quarterback, starting Dan Orlovsky in place of Curtis Painter, who came into this week with a the second-lowest passer rating in the league.\u00a0 It will be his first start under center since the 2008 season and only the eighth start of his seven-year career.\u00a0 Indianapolis ranks 31st in the league in gaining just 280 yards per game.\u00a0 Over the course of the season, the team is 2-9 ATS and the \u2018over\u2019 is 6-4 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Colts are 5-6 in their last 11 meetings in this series, dropping those games by an average of 3.7 points per game.\u00a0 Indianapolis has actually won five of the last seven meetings, but will obviously be without star quarterback Peyton Manning.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has managed to score just 29 points and gain 721 yards of combined offense in the past three games.\u00a0 On the defensive end, Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney will need to create pressure of the edge.<\/p>\n

New England sits atop the AFC East standings and has won three consecutive games since suffering a two-game lose streak after the bye.\u00a0 The Patriots have tallied an NFL-best 37-5 record in the month of December since the 2001 season, including an 18-1 mark when playing inside Gillette Stadium.\u00a0 Quarterback Tom Brady has tallied an 8-4 record when facing Indianapolis, including a 2-1 mark in the playoffs.\u00a0 New England is 7-4 ATS on the season and the \u2018over\u2019 is 6-5 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Patriots offense currently ranks second in the NFL in total yards, while averaging 30.1 points per game, which would be third-best in team history if the season ended today.\u00a0 New England certainly relies on Brady in throwing the football, but the running game has really come on during the team\u2019s win streak, averaging 107 yards per game over that stretch.\u00a0 It\u2019s a welcomed change from an offensive game plan that managed just 74.5 yards per contest during its last losing streak.\u00a0 Success shouldn\u2019t be a problem Sunday in facing a defense that ranks last in giving up 29.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Colts due to their 10-3 ATS mark as a underdog of 10.5 or more points, while the Patriots are 3-13 ATS as a favorite of 10.5 or more points.<\/p>\n

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Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots Sunday, 12\/4\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -20.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -20 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis is the only team in the NFL without a win and will be facing the New england Patriots for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[414,530,5649,126,125,398],"class_list":["post-19971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-dan-orlovsky","tag-gillette-stadium","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971","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=19971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19972,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971\/revisions\/19972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}