{"id":35246,"date":"2014-09-07T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T20:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35246"},"modified":"2014-09-07T12:28:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T17:28:55","slug":"sunday-night-football-preview-indianapolis-colts-vs-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-night-football-preview-indianapolis-colts-vs-denver-broncos-35246\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Night Football Preview: Indianapolis Colts vs. Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts vs. Denver Broncos
\nSunday, 9\/7\/14, 8:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 55
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Broncos will be without WR Wes Welker for the first four weeks of the 2014 season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indianapolis handed Denver its first loss last season, as it picked up a 39-33 victory as six-point home underdogs, while going OVER the betting total of 54.5.\u00a0 Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has some big time weapons, including wide receivers T.Y. Hilton and Hakeem Nicks, which is important to consider when making your NFL predictions.\u00a0 Veteran wideout Reggie Wayne is also back with the team after suffering a torn ACL in last season\u2019s matchup.\u00a0 Indianapolis is 5-6 SUATS as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

Unlike in last year\u2019s meeting, the Colts will need to find a way to pressure Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning without the services of Robert Mathis, who is suspended for the first four games.\u00a0 Indianapolis needs to create some type of running game to help Luck offensively, which means that former Alabama Crimson Tide star Trent Richardson must try to average four or more yards per carry.<\/p>\n

Denver has won 13 of its last 14 home openers, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the Week 1 NFL betting lines.\u00a0 The Broncos\u2019 five-game losing streak against the Colts is their longest active one of its kind, but the team is 11-9 SU overall in this series, including a 6-3 mark when playing in the Mile High City.\u00a0 Manning will drop back without having the ability to target Wes Welker, who was suspended for the first four games due to violating the league\u2019s substance abuse policy.\u00a0 Denver is 27-5 SU and 21-9 ATS as favorites since 2012.<\/p>\n

The Broncos first-team offense scored on six-of-10 possessions during the preseason, which could lead to another fast start for the franchise.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s 46-20 record in the first month of the season is the NFL\u2019s best such mark since 1996, but Indianapolis occupies the third spot in that category.\u00a0 Manning set league records with 55 touchdown passes and 5,477 yards in 2013 before getting blown out by the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Broncos due to their 22-12 ATS record since Manning signed with the team.<\/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

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Indianapolis Colts vs. Denver Broncos Sunday, 9\/7\/14, 8:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 55 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indianapolis handed Denver its first loss last season, as it picked up a 39-33 victory as six-point home underdogs, while going OVER the betting total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2046,570,126,31,282,1592],"class_list":["post-35246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andrew-luck","tag-denver-broncos","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-nfl","tag-peyton-manning","tag-wes-welker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35246","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=35246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35247,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35246\/revisions\/35247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}