{"id":26691,"date":"2012-12-16T10:29:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26691"},"modified":"2012-12-16T10:29:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T15:29:47","slug":"indianapolis-colts-vs-houston-texans-nfl-week-15-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/indianapolis-colts-vs-houston-texans-nfl-week-15-betting-odds-and-predictions-26691\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans: NFL Week 15 Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans
\nSunday, 12\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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Houston Texans RB Arian Foster has put up some big numbers against the Indianapolis Colts in his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis has won seven of its last eight games, including a 27-23 victory over the Tennessee Titans as 3.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the total for the third time in four weeks.\u00a0 \u201cEverybody on the team, offensively, defensively, special teams\u2014just plays football,\u201d stated Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck.\u00a0 The first overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft will be heading back to the Houston Area, where he attended Stratford High School.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 0-2 ATS as a road underdog of 7.5 to 10 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL picks against the spread on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Colts will need to do a better job of protecting Luck against one of the better defensive fronts in football, as he\u2019s been sacked 32 times on the year.\u00a0 He\u2019s only 259 passing yards away from breaking Cam Newton\u2019s NFL rookie record, but it\u2019s important to that the former Stanford Cardinal star has a 66.6 passer rating on the road compared to 81.8 at home.<\/p>\n

Houston had its six-game win streak snapped in a 42-14 blowout loss to the New England Patriots in last week\u2019s Monday Night Football, while going OVER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got issues,\u201d stated Texans head coach Gary Kubiak after the game.\u00a0 The Texans will try to keep the Colts offense off the field by using running back Arian Foster, who has had 100-yard games in all three of his matchups with the Colts, rushing for a combined 491 yards and 6.9 per carry average.\u00a0 Houston is 3-7 ATS in December the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Texans haven\u2019t run the ball effectively the last two weeks, averaging 3.7 yards per game at New England, while managing just 3.6 at Tennessee.\u00a0 Foster ranks sixth in the NFL with 1,1438 rushing yards, but is averaging a career-low 3.9 yards per carry.\u00a0 Houston needs quarterback Matt Schaub to deliver a big performance, as he\u2019s 25-12 overall at Reliant Stadium with a passer rating of 94.5.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Texans due to their 17-5 ATS mark at home versus teams with a winning road record, while the road team is 0-4 ATS in the last four meetings in this series.<\/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 Houston Texans Sunday, 12\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis has won seven of its last eight games, including a 27-23 victory over the Tennessee Titans as 3.5-point home favorites, while going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2046,5456,1120,126,452,31,5291],"class_list":["post-26691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andrew-luck","tag-arian-foster","tag-houston-texans","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-matt-schaub","tag-nfl","tag-reliant-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26691","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=26691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26692,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26691\/revisions\/26692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}