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Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans - Sunday September 12, 2010 1:00 pm
5 units ATS: Indianapolis Colts -1.5 (-110)
The Indianapolis Colts will once again be led by Peyton Manning. What does that mean? Lots of wins. He will again lead a talented team back into the playoffs. Here his team is only asked to lay a couple of points. Again, people are expecting more out of the Texans than they are likely to deliver. Indy went 16-3 last year while the Texans, in a supposed break-out year, went 9-7 and were .500 at home. In division games, they were 1-5! Meanwhile, the Colts are 12-2 vs. conference foes thepast two seasons and 7-1 on the road over that span. I like Peyton and the Colts here.
I might hold off betting this game a bit, there are plenty of +3.5's out there but we will probably see some +4's closer to gametime as the public team, Dallas, catches the Sunday night chase money. Cowboys expected to be Superbowl participants but this is a very difficult opening game for them. Dallas must travel to face an exceedingly motivated division rival and do so in front of a national TV audience. New Redskins HC Shannahan is excellent and will be out to prove he can resurrect this moribound franchise. New Redskins QB McNabb is an extreme competitor and will out to prove that the Eagles made a mistake in discarding him so casually. McNabb is very familiar with the Cowboys and remembers two embarrassing defeats to end the '09 season. I like the motivational factors vs a overhyped and public backed road team and this one is an upset in the making. Skins plus the points.
5 unit Tennesse -7 over Oakland
3 unit Jacksonville - 1 1/2 over Denver
2 unit Green Bay pic over Philadelphia
1 unit Cleveland +3 over Tampa
1 unit Detroit +7 over Chicago
1 unit Dallas - 3 over Washington
CHUCK SIPPL’S RELEASES FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12:
NFL:
PITTSBURGH +1½ -Home over Atlanta 10:00 AM Pacific
OVER THE TOTAL (44½) in the Detroit-Chicago Game 10:00 AM Pacific
CLEVELAND +3 over Tampa Bay -Home 10:00 AM Pacific
OVER THE TOTAL (47½) in the Green Bay-Philadelphia Game 1:15 Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO -3 over Seattle -Home 1:15 Pacific
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