Indianapolis at Jacksonville (12/17/2009)

 good luck my friend

These 2 teams play each other twice every season and always play each other tough. Earlier this season in Indy with healthier players for both teams the final score was 12-14 with less on the line. This one has a team trying to go undefeated while the other trying to keep it's playoff hopes alive.

Jax has a terrible pass defense as they made my Dolphins Chad Henne almost look like Marino with Henne at one point throwing for 17 straight completions. Jax best DB Mathis was out for that game and is still listed as probable for this one. They will need to really step up their game cause if they don't Manning will shred this horrible pass defense.

MJD will be key in this game on offense for Jax. If the Colts front seven cannot stop MJD then Jax will be able to keep this one very close. The ground game will eat up a lot of the clock which could leave Manning on the sidelines for a while....but as my Dolphins proved on MNF against the Colts Peyton can burn you with quick scores even if the opposing team controlled the time of possession the entire game.

I'm actually leaning on Jax here to take this one SU....a lot of people would probably think I'm smoking crack for thinking that but it's how I feel.

Taking COLTS -3 & under 43

This is a trap.....herd mentality roars INDY -3 (books will clean-up)

DID YOU BET CARDINALS ON MONDAY?

DID YOU BET STEELERS LAST WEEK?

I HAD BROWNS & SF straight up

same scenario tonight

CAT POWER

23-20 J Js in OT

Colts won't try to blow them out while Jac will go all out, the colts will run the ball a lot, jacksonville will pass a lot.

Jac+3, they will find a way to cover, colts just want to win.

If you think the colts are going to be passing as usual, think again, one nice sack and you jepordize your playoffs.

We're not even through Week 14 yet and this is a topic of conversation? This discussion is like Christmas season: it starts earlier every year. Whatever you think of resting starters in the final weeks of the year, I think it's safe to say that we can all agree that Week 15 is a bit too early.

The Colts won't host a playoff game until Jan. 16, at the earliest. That's five weeks away. To put that in perspective, Indy had six weeks from the start of training camp until its first regular-season game. Five weeks is a long time, way too long to be resting guys before a month-long playoff push.

so.. INDY -3

 ES

Posted record 11-4

Peyton Manning has won 114 games in the decade. With three games to go (at Jacksnville, home to NY Jets and Buffalo), I do not think he has any desire to slow down at this point of the season because it's too early. If the Colts start to worry about health now, they will develop some bad habits that could carry through to the playoffs. The Colts need not worry about anything offensively but they must do a good job on Maurice Jones-Drew. Last week, the Dolphins held him to 83 yards on 20 carries. If the Colts can do that, they should be able to win easy. Considering Jones-Drew has failed to hit 100 yards in the last four games, the Colts have a good shot to slow him down. This is it for Jacksonville. At 7-6, they need three straight wins to reach 10 for the season. Colts cover big

Indy -3

In AFC South games,they are 2-0 at home,and they've outscored opponents 60-35.(Jags)

Indy owns the NFL record with 22 consecutive regular-season victories.

Quote Originally Posted by chad2322:



Yes i had both dogs as well, But sir you are forgetting one big factor here.  its called the law of probability. keep flipping a quarter and eventually it will land on heads.  Meaning, sure the dogs covered and won some str8 up, but this to me, is a must win for the colts.  BIg daddy.. usually i agree with you, but im siding with the colts tonight.  Too much fire power.. air attack against a 26th overall D and the COLTS GOING FOR PERFECTION..

COLTS 28
CATS  14

PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT

 nah! don't worry about it bro cause I'm not sure myself....just was stating that if I were to touch this game I would probably take the Jags. You say it's a must win for the Colts true... to go undefeated but the Jags needs this to keep playoff hopes alive.

No matter how good or bad a team is whenever it's a division game it's played tight.....

Browns at home beat the Steelers SU

My Dolphins at home beat the Pats SU 

Buffalo at home beat my Dolphins SU a few weeks back

The undefeated Saints squeeked by the Falcons last week. (without Matt Ryan & Turner)

I can go on and on about good vs bad teams in division games but I don't want to bore anyone...

There are many more games to play esp with the bowl games coming up so i'm glad I don't have to cap this one if I don't have to...I choose not to play.

Good luck on your pick

Happy Holidays to you and the family