{"id":3205,"date":"2009-01-02T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/colts-chargers-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-01-02T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T04:36:00","slug":"colts-chargers-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/colts-chargers-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts-Chargers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Fresh off a division-clinching win, the San Diego Chargers will play host to the red-hot Indianapolis Colts on Saturday at Qualcomm Stadium in a Wild-Card Round matchup. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Colts listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Chargers, while the game’s total is sitting at 50. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Colts defeated Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 23-0 as a 3-point underdog in Week 17. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (39.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Peyton Manning completed 7-of-7 passes for 95 yards and a touchdown in limited action for the Colts, while Dallas Clark caught six passes for 59 yards in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Chargers defeated Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 52-21 as a 7-point favorite in Week 17. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (50.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 96 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries for San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Darren Sproles rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 12-4 SU, 7-9 ATS
San Diego: 8-8 SU, 7-8-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in January are 5-5
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the division are 8-2<\/p>\n

San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in January are 6-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the division are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Indianapolis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Indianapolis is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indianapolis’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indianapolis’s last 6 games
San Diego is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
San Diego is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Indianapolis
San Diego is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games at home
San Diego is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Fresh off a division-clinching win, the San Diego Chargers will play host to the red-hot Indianapolis Colts on Saturday at Qualcomm Stadium in a Wild-Card Round matchup. Oddsmakers currently have the Colts listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Chargers, while the game’s total is sitting at 50. The Colts defeated Tennessee 23-0 as a 3-point … Continue reading Colts-Chargers Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}