{"id":31914,"date":"2013-12-20T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31914"},"modified":"2013-12-20T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T18:18:10","slug":"nfl-week-16-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-kansas-city-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-16-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-kansas-city-chiefs-31914\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16 Picks: Indianapolis Colts vs. Kansas City Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts vs. Kansas City Chiefs
\nSunday, 12\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas City -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas City -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Indianapolis Colts have turned the ball over just three times in seven road games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis has alternated wins and losses over its seven games, as it comes off a 25-3 setback to the Houston Texans as six-point home favorites in Week 15, while winning the statistical battle for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 The Colts offensive line has allowed just one sack for one year over the last two weeks, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks, especially considering the Chiefs are third in the NFL with 43 sacks.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 1-5 SUATS on the road with a betting total of 42.5 to 45 the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Colts have a chance of pulling off an upset if they protect Andrew Luck, who is just 248 yards short of setting an NFL record for the most passing yards in a player\u2019s first two seasons.\u00a0 Indianapolis and Kansas City are tied for the fewest turnovers in the league with 14, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The franchise has only given the ball away three times in seven games away from Lucas Oil Stadium in 2013.<\/p>\n

Kansas City has won by a combined 60 points the past two weeks, including a 56-31 blowout victory over the Oakland Raiders as 6.5-point road favorites last time out, while going OVER the betting total for a fourth consecutive affair.\u00a0 The Chiefs are first in the AFC and fourth in the league in allowing just 18.2 points per game, while the offense has scored 48 touchdowns\u2014ranking as the eighth-best single-season total in franchise history.\u00a0 The team\u2019s 11 miscellaneous touchdowns are tied for third in NFL history.\u00a0 Kansas City is 2-2 SU and 0-4 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since the 2011 season.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have a plus-144 scoring differential, which is second in the AFC and third in the NFL, as former San Francisco 49ers signal-caller Alex Smith has made a major difference in running the offense under first-year head coach Andy Reid.\u00a0 He has played a big part in the franchise leading all teams with a plus-21 turnover differential.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Colts due to the Chiefs being 1-5 ATS versus teams with a winning 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. Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, 12\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas City -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas City -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Total:\u00a0 45 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis has alternated wins and losses over its seven games, as it comes off a 25-3 setback to the Houston Texans as […]<\/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":[1173,2046,126,303,31],"class_list":["post-31914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-alex-smith","tag-andrew-luck","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31914","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=31914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31915,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31914\/revisions\/31915"}],"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=31914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}