\n Venue:<\/strong> Phoenix Stadium
\nColts vs. Cards Sunday Night Football Lines<\/strong>
\nMoneyLine: <\/strong>Colts +120 \/ Cardinals -140 -150
\n Spread: <\/strong>Cardinals -2.5
\n Over\/Under:<\/strong> 48.5<\/p>\n
LOOKING FOR THE BEST NFL HANDICAPPERS ONLINE? TRY OUR EXPERTS’ NFL WEEK 3 PICKS —–> <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n As mentioned, it\u2019s a short week of preparation, its back-to-back road contests for Indianapolis and this is a West Coast trip.<\/p>\n Even so, the Colts thrive in primetime and they\u2019ll show it once more on Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n Colts offense vs Cardinals defense <\/strong><\/p>\n The Colts are on a 11-game regular season winning streak and they\u2019ve now won 61 of their last 75 regular season games. Beyond that, their .737 road winning percentage since 2002 is tied with New England for the best in the league over that span.<\/p>\n That last stat will be key as Peyton Manning makes his first start ever at the University of Phoenix Stadium.<\/p>\n The Colts will come in with a different game plan this week as they\u2019ll try to hold on the ball and play keep away from the Cardinals offense. Considering how poor the Colts running game has been this season, it\u2019s unlikely that that will work. Instead, the Colts will have to do it the only fashioned way: outscore their opponents. The good news is that the Cardinals don\u2019t have too much of a pass rush and Manning should be fairly upright all day long.<\/p>\n Cardinals offense vs Colts defense <\/strong><\/p>\n The Cardinals better protect Kurt Warner in this contest or this could be a very one-sided affair.<\/p>\n The Cardinals offense is every bit as explosive as the Colts but the difference in this game is that the Colts have two dangerous end rushers while the Cardinals simply don\u2019t have those type of weapons.<\/p>\n If the Cardinals can contain Dwight Freeney\u2019s speed rushing, they should be able to abuse a defense that spent a lot of time on the field in the Monday Nighter.<\/p>\n The Cardinals will probably try to get their running game going after watching the Dolphins pile up over 200 rushing yards but they should also look to the outside to abuse the Colts smaller cornerbacks.<\/p>\n Outlook & Pick:<\/strong> But at the end of the day, when it comes to execution, there is no comparison between these two teams. The Colts are the model of it while the Cardinals struggle to find the consistency to do it.<\/p>\n On top of that, the Cardinals tackles, Mike Gandy and Levi Brown, are going to have problems with Robert Mathis and Freeney.<\/p>\n This will be a tight, high-scoring contest but look for the Colts to pull out another close one.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCardinals star wideout Larry Fitzgerald has yet to find the end zone this season but that will change in this contest. There will be plenty of scoring to go around and he\u2019ll be an impact player in this contest.<\/p>\n