{"id":35068,"date":"2014-08-23T12:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T17:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35068"},"modified":"2014-08-23T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T17:04:19","slug":"new-orleans-saints-vs-indianapolis-colts-nfl-preseason-week-3-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-orleans-saints-vs-indianapolis-colts-nfl-preseason-week-3-betting-odds-and-predictions-35068\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts: NFL Preseason Week 3 Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts
\nSaturday, 8\/23\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indianapolis -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Indianapolis -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New Orleans QB Drew Brees is expected to make his 2014 preseason debut Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans has won and covered the number in both of its 2014 preseason games, including a 31-24 victory over the Tennessee Titans as three-point home favorites last week, while going OVER the betting total in both affairs.\u00a0 Saints quarterback Drew Brees will make his debut, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL predictions, especially since he\u2019s not expected to play in the final exhibition game.\u00a0 Brees will likely try to target rookie wide receiver Brandin Cooks in the passing game, but it\u2019s not certain if he\u2019ll play due to battling a stomach virus all week.<\/p>\n

The Saints will have their projected starting offensive line in front of Brees, which is important to consider when looking over the NFL betting lines in Week 3.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, New Orleans is looking to improve its secondary play, but its been without the services of cornerback Champ Bailey and safety Jairus Byrd.\u00a0 With Brees returning to take the majority of snaps with the No. 1 offense, the backup quarterback battle is worth watching, especially since Ryan Griffin has completed 29 of 42 passes for 358 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.<\/p>\n

Indianapolis has dropped both of its exhibition affairs, while also losing out on the statistical battle.\u00a0 The Colts certainly want to develop some type of rhythm offensively in terms of the running game, as expected starter Trent Richardson is averaging just 2.4 yards a carry in the preseason.\u00a0 Ahmad Bradshaw should make his debut after spending part of training camp wearing a non-contact jersey in practice, as he missed the final 13 games of the 2013 campaign with a neck injury.<\/p>\n

The Colts aren\u2019t sure if wide receiver Reggie Wayne\u2019s status heading into this matchup, but they\u2019d like to get him in the action with quarterback Andrew Luck targeting him in the passing game.\u00a0 Indianapolis has had its starters play about five-to-six drives together this preseason, but head coach Chuck Pagano expects to double the work output in this affair.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Saints due to their 6-1 ATS run in the third game of preseason play the last seven years.<\/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":"

New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts Saturday, 8\/23\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indianapolis -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Indianapolis -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes New Orleans has won and covered the number in both of its 2014 preseason games, including a 31-24 victory over the Tennessee Titans as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2046,1034,126,427,31,5192],"class_list":["post-35068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andrew-luck","tag-drew-brees","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-reggie-wayne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35068","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=35068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35069,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35068\/revisions\/35069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}