{"id":31661,"date":"2013-12-06T12:53:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31661"},"modified":"2013-12-06T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:53:23","slug":"nfl-week-14-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-14-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-cincinnati-bengals-31661\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 14 Picks: Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 12\/8\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck has been under siege by opposing defenses since arriving in the NFL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it picked up a 22-14 victory over the Tennessee Tennessee Titans as 3.5-point home favorites last week, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in six contests.\u00a0 The Colts would clinch the AFC South title for the first time since the 2010 campaign with a win, which is important to consider when making your NFL expert picks.\u00a0 The team forced a season-high four turnovers in Week 14.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 1-3 SUATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Colts haven\u2019t done a good job recently in protecting second-year quarterback Andrew Luck, who has thrown two touchdowns and five interceptions over his last four contests, while being sacked 70 times since being drafted out of Stanford.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re sitting in a good position, but nothing is sealed up,\u201d stated Colts head coach Chuck Pagano.\u00a0 On the defensive end, outside linebacker Robert Mathis leads the league with 15.5 sacks, but could be neutralized with this contest being played outdoors at Paul Brown Stadium.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has won and covered the number in back-to-back games, including a 17-10 victory over the San Diego Chargers as 2.5-point road favorites last week, while going UNDER the betting total of 48.5.\u00a0 The Bengals sit atop the AFC North standings and want to get an upper hand on potentially securing the No. 3 seed in the playoffs over this Sunday\u2019s opponent, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 8-0 SU and 6-1-1 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since 2011, with the OVER going 5-3 in those eight opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are 12th in the league in scoring offense, while sitting behind just four teams in terms of scoring defense.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 5-0 at home for the first time since 1988\u2014something not lost on the locker room.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s no question we\u2019re starting to create a tough environment,\u2019 commented Bengals offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth.\u00a0 The franchise is on pace to outscore opponents by a 389-288 margin through 16 games this year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bengals due to the Colts being 1-4 ATS in their last five road games versus a team with a winning home 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":"

Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 12\/8\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it picked up a 22-14 victory over the Tennessee Tennessee Titans as 3.5-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[414,2046,302,126,31,5727],"class_list":["post-31661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-andrew-luck","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-nfl","tag-paul-brown-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31661","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=31661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31662,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31661\/revisions\/31662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}