{"id":32435,"date":"2014-01-09T18:12:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T23:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32435"},"modified":"2014-01-09T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T23:12:31","slug":"nfl-divisional-round-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-divisional-round-picks-indianapolis-colts-vs-new-england-patriots-32435\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Divisional Round Picks: Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots
\nSaturday, 1\/11\/14, 8:15 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 52.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Patriots<\/a>
The New England Patriots went 3-0 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points during the regular season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis continues its postseason journey, as it overcame a 28-point second-half deficit to post a 45-44 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs as 1.5-point home underdogs last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 The Colts recorded a playoff franchise-record 536 net yards, with quarterback Andrew Luck throwing for 443 yards and four touchdowns.\u00a0 Luck\u2019s main target is wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, who finished with 13 catches and 224 receiving yards last time out.\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 have had 73 players take at least one snap in a game this season, which leads the NFL and can\u2019t be forgotten when making your pro football picks in the divisional round.\u00a0 Indianapolis recorded the fewest turnovers and penalties in the league this season\u2014the first time that has happened in the league since 2002.\u00a0 The home team has captured all three postseason meetings between these two AFC rivals.<\/p>\n

New England will look to become the first team since the Philadelphia Eagles (2001-04) to go to at least three straight Conference Championships, as it comes off a first-round bye after securing the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs.\u00a0 The Patriots finished the regular season ranked third in the league in scoring 444 points, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 Quarterback Tom Brady threw for 4,343 yards despite not having tight end Rob Gronkowski at his disposal for most of the season.\u00a0 New England is 3-0 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points this year.<\/p>\n

The Patriots have compiled a 10-6 SU all-time record in divisional playoff games, including a 7-2 mark at home\u2014wins in five of six tries at Gillette Stadium.\u00a0 New England may choose to run the football more than normal in this matchup, considering backs LeGarrette Blount and Steven Ridley combined for 1,545 yards and 14 scores.\u00a0 Brady\u2019s top target was wide receiver Julian Edelman, who posted career highs of 105 catches and 1,056 receiving yards.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 13-6-1 in the Patriots\u2019 last 20 playoff home games.<\/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. New England Patriots Saturday, 1\/11\/14, 8:15 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 52.5 Current Total:\u00a0 51 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis continues its postseason journey, as it overcame a 28-point second-half deficit to post a 45-44 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2046,5649,126,125,31,398],"class_list":["post-32435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andrew-luck","tag-gillette-stadium","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435","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=32435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32437,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435\/revisions\/32437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}