Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans: Line and point spread

Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans: Line and point spread It's Thursday, time for the NFL Week 11 opener Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans and here you will find the latest line and point spread on the tonight's football game. The start of Week 11 will be an AFC South battle between the top two teams in the division. The Indianapolis Colts (6-3) are currently in the lead, but the Tennessee Titans (4-5) have the opportunity to blow open the race to the first position in the AFC South tonight and affirm their goal of securing NFL playoff home field advantage. A must win game for both football franchises and will make for an excellent Thursday night football game. So let's go ahead and look at the money line and point spread on the Colts Titans game and follow up with some stats on the two teams.

For the Indianapolis at Tennessee game we visited two of the most popular online sportsbooks - Bookmaker and Bovada Sports, only to find that the spread, and especially the line, on the Thursday night game, are quite different depending on which sportsbook you choose. At both odds makers the the Colts line is the favorite, long with the spread. But at Bovada we find the Colts a big favorite with -155 money line to win the game, while at Bookmaker the line on Indianapolis is just -135. Similar difference for the underdog Titans, who are +135 to win at Bovada, yet only +115 to deliver upset at Bookmaker. So pick your sportsbook depending on which team you think will win as the difference in the payout of the money line is quite substantial. The Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans point spread is currently at -3 points chalk the Colts at Bovada and -2.5 points at Bookmaker. The over under on the game is 42.5 points at both odds makers.

The stats show that Tennessee is 3-6 against the spread in its last 9 games when playing Indianapolis, but the Colts have covered the spread only twice 2-5 in their last 7 games when playing on the road against the Titans. Also in the stats we find that the total has gone UNDER in 13 of Indianapolis's last 16 games when playing Tennessee. In the end, the Colts have won right out of the last 9 games when playing the Titans, keep that in mind, if betting the money line. Team stats show that while both NFL franchises allow on average 21 points and change, the Colts usually scores on average 24.7 points against the Titans 22.2 average.

As far as injuries are concerned, the Tennessee Titans are clearly in worse position. Starting quarterback Jake Locker is out for the season with foot injury, a big problem for the Titans for the remainder of the NFL season. In addition, Tennessee will play without corner Tommie Campbell, linebacker Moise Fokou and wide receiver Damian Williams, while another linebacker, Zaviar Gooden, is questionable with hamstring injury. For the Colts, corners Josh Gordy and Gregory Toler are out for Week 11, as is safety Delano Howell, but defensive tackle Josh Chapman was upgraded to probable for the game against the Titans tonight.

Published on 11/14/2013