The defending Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts will travel to Tennessee on Sunday to take on Vince Young and the Tennessee Titans. Both teams opened up the season with victories as the Colts routed the Saints in the Thursday night opener while Tennessee shocked Jacksonville last Sunday. SBG Global reports that early betting has the public taking the favored Colts on the Road.
Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans
Sunday, 1:00 pm Eastern – CBS
Peyton Manning looked superb against the Saints in the opener, completing 18 of 30 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns. Joseph Addai ran for 188 yards and had a score in the Colts rout. The Colts defense held the Saints to just 106 rushing yards and no TD’s. The only touchdown the Colts allowed came on a 55-yard fumble return. The Colts defense will get a stern test from a Titans offense that ran all over Jacksonville in the opener. They had 282 yards on the ground – second-most in franchise history. Chris Brown ran for a career-high 175 yards. "Our plan for the last couple of weeks was to establish the run because the run game was going to be the difference for our offense," coach Jeff Fisher said. "Last year we had four 200-yard rushing performances and it was nice to start right off the bat with another one." Two of those games came against the Colts last season. Tennessee had a season-high 219 rushing yards in a 20-17 win over the Colts last year. "As we've shown, one way of effectively playing the Colts is keeping their offense off the field,' Fisher said, "to do that, you have to hand the ball off.”
Both games last season were close. Tennessee won by three points 20-17 and lost 14-13. The Colts are 19-7-1 ATS in their last 27 games in September. The Colts are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a road favorite. The Colts are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 vs. the AFC South.
The Titans are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 vs. the AFC South. The Titans are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a home underdog. The Titans are 8-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall. The Titans are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games.
The Under is 6-1 in the Colts last 7 games in September. The Under is 4-1 in the Colts last 5 games overall. The Under is 5-2 in the Colts last 7 road games. The Over is 7-3 in the Colts last 10 games as a road favorite. The Over is 8-1 in the Titans last 9 games as a home underdog. The Over is 9-2-1 in the Titans last 12 games overall. The Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings between the two teams.
