{"id":19504,"date":"2021-10-22T05:39:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T05:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=19504"},"modified":"2021-10-22T22:08:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T22:08:26","slug":"sunday-night-football-indianapolis-colts-at-san-francisco-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/sunday-night-football-indianapolis-colts-at-san-francisco-49ers\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstMan\">BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the preseason, both these teams were expected to be contenders. Hell, I predicted as much myself, but injuries and bad luck have once again cost the San Francisco 49ers. They try to get their season back on track as the host the Indianapolis Colts, a team that\u2019s had its own injury issues with starting quarterback Carson Wentz on Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will Prime Time Underdogs Continue their Barking? | Colts vs 49ers NFL Picks | BetOnline\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m16KmlbDpII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This game is, frankly, more important for the 49ers, who are desperately trying to keep pace with two of the best teams in the league in their own division, the Los Angeles Rams and undefeated Arizona Cardinals. Indy has a little more breathing room in the AFC South, but their margin of error is small. A couple more losses before the midway point of the season and they could be too far out of the playoff race to make up the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This the 46<sup>th<\/sup> meeting between the two teams as the Colts, while currently in the AFC, were an old NFL team before the AFL\/NFL leagues merged in 1970. While they did share a conference, there weren\u2019t any real meaningful games as the Niners were mostly terrible in the 60s and the Colts had a dynasty in Baltimore. Indy leads the all time series 26-19 and has won four straight going back to 2005. Their last meeting was in 2017, with the Colts taking a 26-23 victory in overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INDIANAPOLIS<\/strong><strong> COLTS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (-4, O\/U: 44)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Levi\u2019s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Broadcast:<\/strong> NBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kickoff:<\/strong> Oct. 24, 8:20 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INDIANAPOLIS<\/strong><strong> COLTS (2-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week the Colts took their turn delivering a beat down to the Houston Texans, 31-3. Carson Wentz was named the Pro Football Focus offensive player of the week, throwing for 223 yards and two touchdowns. Jonathan Taylor rushed 14 times for 145 yards and two scores. T.Y. Hilton, in his first action of the season, caught four passes for 80 yards. Indianapolis\u2019 defense sacked Davis Mills twice, intercepted him twice and forced a fumble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong><strong> 49ERS (2-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco is on the ropes. With seven available playoff spots in the NFC, four teams in that same conference are currently 5-1 and likely have four seeds sewn up barring something catastrophic. While it\u2019s too early to talk elimination, the 49ers have lost three straight and face a difficult four game stretch, playing three 2020 playoff teams and the Cardinals over the next month. Those same Cards knocked off the Niners 17-10 a week ago in Trey Lance\u2019s first start. Lance finished 15 of 29 for 192 yards and a pick. He rushed for 89 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy Garoppolo is expected to be back for San Francisco, but he\u2019s still banged up and the rest of the team isn\u2019t all that healthy either. Indy is a tough draw, with Wentz on a recent tear having thrown 144 passes without a pick. He\u2019s second only to the Los Angeles Rams\u2019 Matthew Stafford in 40-plus yard completions. He\u2019s getting healthier by the day and I think that\u2019s what will doom San Fran here. <strong>Colts 24, 49ers 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Straight up:<\/strong> 10-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Against the spread:<\/strong> 10-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Season<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Straight up:<\/strong> 63-31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Against the spread:<\/strong> 50-44<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NFL season is rolling along and the Week 7 Schedule is up and <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/football\/nfl\">taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow our BetOnline <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betonline_ag\">Twitter accoun<\/a>t for the latest sports news and betting odds, and stay tuned on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betonline_ag\/\">Instagram feed<\/a> for more good information too<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY ADAM GREENE In the preseason, both these teams were expected to be contenders. 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