NBC’s Sunday Night Football presents two of the elite franchises in the NFL facing off at Lucas Oil Stadium, and Bookmaker Sportsbook has all of the great NFL betting action between the New England Patriots (5-2, 3-4 ATS) and the Indianapolis Colts (3-4, 3-4 ATS). The Pats won last year’s meeting 24-20 in the RCA Dome, but the Colts stuck within the 5-point spread. They’ve now covered four straight in this heated rivalry after New England went 5-0-1 ATS in the previous six meetings.

It was touch and go the entire way for the defending AFC Champs, but the Patriots avoided an embarrassing loss to the Rams by picking up a narrow 23-16 victory at Gillette Stadium. Patriots’ bettors never really had a chance to cover the spread even though they only fell two points short of the NFL betting line.

QB Matt Cassel continued his best effort to replace superstar Tom Brady, but only went 21/33 for 267 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. He’ll need to do better than that this weekend if he’s going to match wits with the Colts high-powered offense. RB Kevin Faulk did a little bit of everything against the Rams. He ran the ball 13 times for 60 yards and hauled in four passes for 47 yards and the game-winning score with just 3:19 remaining.

Things weren’t so rosy for football betting fans that backed Indianapolis over the weekend. The Colts fell four games behind AFC South division leading Tennessee with a 31-21 loss at LP Field on Monday night.

QB Peyton Manning just hasn’t looked comfortable in the pocket all year and threw two more interceptions on Monday night, bringing his total to nine on the season. RB Domanick Rhodes filled in admirably for the absent Joseph Addai, touching the ball 25 times for a total of 109 yards, but it wasn’t enough to counter the three rushing touchdowns that the Titans put on the board. It marked the second straight week that the Colts failed to beat the NFL betting line.

Indy lost last season to the Pats, snapping its six-game winning streak against the AFC East; they are 4-3 ATS in those seven games though. The Colts have scored at least 20 points in six of the seven games. New England hasn’t been so fortunate against the AFC South, as it’s 0-3 ATS in its L/3 against the Colts’ division.

It should come as no surprise that without Brady in the lineup that oddsmakers have made Indianapolis 6-point favorites in this critical AFC match-up. The ‘total’ has been set at 44.5.

Consider adding the Patriots to your football betting card this weekend though, as the underdog is 10-3-1 ATS in their L/14 meetings, and the Pats are 7-2 ATS in their L/9 games played on turf.

Bookmaker Sportsbook has all of spreads, moneylines, ‘totals’, and propositions you can handle in this Sunday night fight, so login to your account right now and place your football bets, then turn on NBC and enjoy another fantastic match-up!

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