{"id":34658,"date":"2014-08-06T10:09:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34658"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:09:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:09:39","slug":"indianapolis-colts-vs-new-york-jets-nfl-preseason-week-1-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/indianapolis-colts-vs-new-york-jets-nfl-preseason-week-1-picks-34658\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis Colts vs. New York Jets: NFL Preseason Week 1 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts vs. New York Jets
\nThursday, 8\/7\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 36.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 36.5
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck will see limited time on the field Thursday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis finished the 2013 campaign with an 11-5 record and its first AFC South Division title since 2010, which is important to consider when making your NFL predictions on a weekly basis.\u00a0 Colts head coach Chuck Pagano is unsure how much playing time many of the team\u2019s veterans will see in this affair, but he would like to get some extra work for the franchise\u2019s interior offensive line that\u2019ll protect quarterback Andrew Luck.<\/p>\n

The Colts have posted a consecutive 2-2 preseason records over the last two years since Luck and Pagano arrived in town, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Prior to 2012, Indianapolis went seven exhibition seasons without a record of .500 or better\u2014compiling a 5-25 SU record over that span with a veteran club.\u00a0 Many question remarks will need to be answered over the next few weeks\u2014specifically the fourth wide receiver spot behind Reggie Wayne, T.Y. Hilton and Hakeem Nicks.\u00a0 Wayne won\u2019t participate in this affair due to rehab from last year\u2019s season-ending knee surgery.<\/p>\n

New York will start out with Geno Smith under center to open up the 2014 preseason, but he\u2019ll certainly be challenged by backup Michael Vick, as both players posted similar numbers in last Saturday\u2019s Green & White practice.\u00a0 Jets offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg is looking for consistency from the position, while both players present problems for opposing defenses due to their running ability.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that head coach Rex Ryan is 0-5 SU in first games during exhibition play, but rebounds with a 9-6 mark in the remaining contests before the regular seaosn.<\/p>\n

The Jets are easing new running back Chris Johnson into the offense, as he gained 14 yards on five carries in last week\u2019s team scrimmage.\u00a0 Ryan isn\u2019t going to hurry the former Tennessee Titans star due to his ongoing recover from knee surgery last season.\u00a0 \u00a0 New York will likely limit him to under 28 carries over the next few weeks, as he\u2019s failed to go over that type of number in the last five preseasons.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jets due to their depth under center with Smith and Vick fighting it out.<\/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 York Jets Thursday, 8\/7\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 36.5 Current Total:\u00a0 36.5 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Indianapolis finished the 2013 campaign with an 11-5 record and its first AFC South Division title since 2010, which is important to […]<\/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":[2046,5400,126,685,356,631],"class_list":["post-34658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andrew-luck","tag-geno-smith","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-michael-vick","tag-new-york-jets","tag-rex-ryan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34658","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=34658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34659,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34658\/revisions\/34659"}],"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=34658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}