PREMIUM
**LONDON CALLING!** Rogers' EARLY Sunday Winner (Colts/Jags)
(NFL) Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville,
Point Spread: -2.00 | 102.00 Indianapolis (Away)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -2.00 | 102.00 Indianapolis (Away)
Result: Loss
Indianapolis: The Colts were staring at an 0-3 start to the 2016 season last week against the San Diego Chargers but Luck and T.Y. Hilton connected on a 63-yard TD play with 1:17 remaining in the game and the Colts hung on for their first win of the season. Luck had driven the Colts 75 yards to a go-ahead TD with just 37 seconds to go in Week 1 against the Lions but Detroit somehow was able to win the game on a 43-yard FG with just four seconds left. Luck's completed 61.3% with 913 yards so far, with six TDs and just two INTs. However, he's gotten almost no help from a running game which has averaged 86.0 YPG (23rd) on 3.9 YPC. Also, Indy's "D" is allowing 31.7 PPG, which ranks 30th.
Jacksonville: The Jags came into the 2016 season with optimism, after Blake Bortles improved from 2908 passing yards (11-17 ratio) as a rookie, to 4428 yards with a 35-18 ratio in 2015. However, the Jags are off to an 0-3 start and Bortles has five TD passes and six INTs. He gets even less help from his running game than Luck, as the Jags rank 31st by averaging 55.0 YPG on the ground on 2.8 YPC! Jacksonville was expected to take a step forward in 2016 but its 0-3 start has head coach Gus Bradley on the ‘hot seat.'
The pick: The Colts have pretty much dominated the AFC South under first Peyton Manning and now, Andrew Luck. In six career games against the Jags, Luck is 5-1 SU and ATS (lost first meeting, so that's five straight wins and covers!) with 12 total TDs and three INTs, while completing 69.2 percent of his passes. Gus Bradley may be a "dead man walking," as he owns a 12-39 career record as Jacksonville's head coach. The Jags seem to find innovative ways to also not cover games under Bradley, as the Jags are 1-8 ATS over their last nine contests. Luck has beaten the Jags in five straight starts since losing his first game against them and those wins have come by an average of 23.6 points. A struggling Colts "D" should be happy to face a team averaging just 18.0 PPG. The change of venue (London's Wembley Stadium( does not change the outcome. Indy is an 8* play.
Jacksonville: The Jags came into the 2016 season with optimism, after Blake Bortles improved from 2908 passing yards (11-17 ratio) as a rookie, to 4428 yards with a 35-18 ratio in 2015. However, the Jags are off to an 0-3 start and Bortles has five TD passes and six INTs. He gets even less help from his running game than Luck, as the Jags rank 31st by averaging 55.0 YPG on the ground on 2.8 YPC! Jacksonville was expected to take a step forward in 2016 but its 0-3 start has head coach Gus Bradley on the ‘hot seat.'
The pick: The Colts have pretty much dominated the AFC South under first Peyton Manning and now, Andrew Luck. In six career games against the Jags, Luck is 5-1 SU and ATS (lost first meeting, so that's five straight wins and covers!) with 12 total TDs and three INTs, while completing 69.2 percent of his passes. Gus Bradley may be a "dead man walking," as he owns a 12-39 career record as Jacksonville's head coach. The Jags seem to find innovative ways to also not cover games under Bradley, as the Jags are 1-8 ATS over their last nine contests. Luck has beaten the Jags in five straight starts since losing his first game against them and those wins have come by an average of 23.6 points. A struggling Colts "D" should be happy to face a team averaging just 18.0 PPG. The change of venue (London's Wembley Stadium( does not change the outcome. Indy is an 8* play.
