Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts have started off the 2009 NFL season with a 6-0 record. Many people expected that the Colts would have another good year, but I’m sure there weren’t many that would expect them to be undefeated. The Colts are currently one of three teams in the NFL that are still undefeated after week seven and they’re also currently sitting in first place in the AFC South division. The Houston Texans are second place in the division with a 4-3 record so it will take a few bad weeks for the Colts to lose their large lead in their division.

Year in and year out the Indianapolis Colts have been a consistent football betting powerhouse and have done well by having a stellar offence that all starts with superstar QB Peyton Manning. Manning has been off to an amazing start this season with 15TD’s and 1880 passing yards in only six games. The Colts are the number one passing team in the league right now with an average of 310.8 passing yards per game. They are also sitting in fourth place for total offence in the league with an average of 402.5 yards per game. If they can continue to keep putting up these types of numbers on offence then I would have to think that any team is going to have trouble beating the Colts.

The Colts could use some more from their running game the rest of the season. Both Joseph Addai and Donald Brown have been held to under 500 yards combined on the season thus far. They have combined for six touchdowns though on the season which is telling me that they must be getting it done on the goal line. I do feel the Colts need to run for more yards each game if they want to make a deep run in the playoffs this season. It would help the Colts control the ball more on offence and would allow their defence to stay more rested and avoid injuries.

After six games this season the Colts defence has only given up an average of 12.8 points per game which puts them in second place for allowing the least amount of points per game. When you only give up 12.8 points on defence and you score an average of 29.8 points per game on offence it’s hard to lose a game. The biggest scare for the Colts this year probably came in week one against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Colts won the game by a couple points, but they easily could have lost the game.

With Marvin Harrison gone from the Colts this year many people were unsure if the Colts would have a dominate offence like they’re used too. Both Dallas Clark and Reggie Wayne have stepped up and have almost 40 receptions apiece already. Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon have been great this season as well and have helped Manning a lot. Garcon is averaging 17.1 yards per catch so far and Collie is averaging 11 yards per catch on 24 receptions.