Indianapolis Colts Jersey, The Indianapolis Colts (0-8) have not won a game this season, and odds makers don\'t expect them to stop the streak on Sunday when they play the Atlanta Falcons (4-3). Atlanta is listed as a touchdown favorite with the over/under set at 44.5.
Indianapolis picked up more yards than the Tennessee Titans in Week 8 but still lost 27-10. The main culprits were turnovers and a punt block returned for a touchdown. Curtis Painter had a couple of interceptions and completed just 26 of his 49 throws. He did manage to run for 79 yards on seven tries.
Indianapolis ran the ball pretty well, gaining 158 yards while Dallas Clark was the top receiving threat at six catches for 77 yards.
Atlanta is coming off of their bye week and went into the rest period with some momentum. They beat the Indianapolis Colts Jersey Detroit Lions 23-16, mainly due to Michael Turner running for 122 yards on 27 carries.
Quarterback Matt Ryan Indianapolis Colts Jersey was gritty playing through a couple of injuries, but he wasn\'t sharp. Ryan threw 34 passes, completing 20 of them for 218 yards. He did cost his team with a couple of interceptions.
Harry Douglas and Tony Gonzalez each had 62 receiving yards to lead the Falcons and Roddy White caught the team\'s only receiving touchdown.
Indianapolis is -9 in turnover margin the past five games due to not getting a single takeaway of their own. You aren\'t going to visit Atlanta and beat the Falcons if you cough the ball up, so the Colts need to focus on protecting the ball this week.
On the other hand, Atlanta has been having trouble with turnovers too. They have given the ball up at least twice in five of the first seven games of the season.
I also don\'t see Atlanta having any Indianapolis Colts Jersey trouble running the ball. The Falcons like to pound away with Turner and when the team gains more than 120 yards on the ground they are a perfect 4-0. Indianapolis is giving up 144 rushing yards per game, ranking second-to-last in the league.
Indianapolis has won the last three meetings between these two teams, but those were all with Peyton Manning under center. The Colts franchise quarterback has shown just how valuable he is this year by not playing and the team completely folding.
Atlanta needs to keep winning in order to keep pace with the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Bucs. Indianapolis on the other hand needs to keep losing to stay in the race for Andrew Luck.
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