{"id":15212,"date":"2009-10-30T23:03:58","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T04:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=15212"},"modified":"2009-10-30T23:03:58","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T04:03:58","slug":"wk8-nfl-49ers-colts-predictions-301009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/point-spreads\/wk8-nfl-49ers-colts-predictions-301009\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8 Spreads: San Francisco vs. Indianapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Keys to Win: 49ers vs Colts<\/h2>\n

San Francisco 49ers @ Indianapolis Colts
\nSunday, November 1st \u2013 Lucas Oil Stadium \u2013 Indianapolis, IN
\nNFL Point Spread<\/strong>: Colts -12, O\/U: 44<\/p>\n

The 49ers found some life last week, despite losing by three in Houston against the Texans. Quarterback Alex Smith, filling in for an ineffective Shaun Hill, rallied coach Mike Singletary\u2019s squad to three touchdowns, but a late interception sealed the 49ers\u2019 fate in the heart of Texas.<\/p>\n

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Newly armed with a measure of hope, the 49ers will now travel to Indianapolis and see how many points they can score against the high-flying Colts, who don\u2019t figure to be held down anytime soon. Peyton Manning is playing at an MVP level this season, as coach Jim Caldwell has the post-Tony Dungy era off to a fabulous start. The latest win for Indianapolis came last week in St. Louis, as the Colts clubbed the reeling Rams, 42-6.<\/p>\n

NFL Handicapping: What The 49ers Have To Do To Win<\/strong><\/p>\n

Win red zone battles. San Francisco won\u2019t prevent the Colts from moving the ball up and down the field \u2013 that\u2019s just not a reasonable expectation. What the 49ers have to do is shut down the long ball and avoid major breakdowns in the secondary. If Mike Singletary\u2019s team can force Peyton Manning to throw check-down passes in the flat, and make the 6-0 Colts inch the ball up field, San Francisco can shorten the game and set the stage for numerous red-zone situations on defense. If the Niners can stand tall inside their own 20, they can force a bunch of field goals and stay competitive. No one in Singletary\u2019s locker room can deny that the Colts are a huge favorite. In response to their predicament, the Niners can\u2019t make the perfect the enemy of the good. They\u2019ll give up points; they just need to give up threes instead of sevens. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n

NFL Handicapping: What The Colts Have To Do To Win<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harass Alex Smith. San Francisco\u2019s highly-touted No. 1 pick in the 2005 NFL Draft showed last week against Houston why he\u2019s the 49ers\u2019 best hope under center. Smith will step into Lucas Oil Stadium with a full tank of confidence and optimism, so the main task for Jim Caldwell\u2019s crew is to make an early statement on the defensive side of the ball. By rattling Smith from the get-go and preventing the Niner quarterback from establishing a comfort zone in the pocket, Indianapolis will be able to prevent San Francisco from eating clock, and thereby keeping the ball away from Peyton Manning and Co. The Colts won\u2019t lose this game on offense, but if San Francisco scores big and stays on the field, things could get interesting. Dwight Freeney and the rest of this Indianapolis defense must make sure the Niners don\u2019t create any drama.<\/p>\n

NFL Handicapping: Outlook & Pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 49ers have already won at Arizona this season, and they came within two seconds (and one remarkable Brett Favre touchdown pass) of stunning the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis. The Colts can\u2019t sleep on this week\u2019s opponent. With that said, one doesn\u2019t figure they will. The nfl betting point spread pick is questionable, but this game definitely feels as though it will produce more than 43 points. Go with the over, as the Colts move to 7-0 on the season.<\/p>\n

NFL Point Spread Pick: Colts -12 & Over 44<\/strong>
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Oddsmakers currently have the Colts listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the 49ers, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. We give you our Week 8 NFL Predictions for this San Francisco 49ers vs. Indianapolis Colts matchup…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1005],"tags":[41,19472,18746,802,850,878,19353,19473,19474,18744,3311,19471,19081],"class_list":["post-15212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-point-spreads","tag-41","tag-49ers-vs-colts","tag-expert-selections","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-point-spreads","tag-nfl-wagering","tag-nfl-week-8-spreads","tag-san-francisco-49ers-vs-indianapolis-colts","tag-san-francisco-vs-indianapolis","tag-wagering-preview","tag-week-8","tag-week-8-nfl-predictions","tag-week-8-pointspreads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15214,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15212\/revisions\/15214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}