Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans Gambling Prediction & Week 15 Preview

Colts vs Texans NFL Football Spread/Handicapping

A very interesting game due to recent events.  Can the Colts really be this good and are the Texans as good as we thought.  Those are questions everyone wants answered and they get a chance to settle this on the field.

Indianapolis Colts (9-4) vs Houston Texans (11-2)
Sunday December 16
Reliant Field – Houston, TX
1:00PM
Moneyline:  Houston -400, Indianapolis +325 at WagerWeb
Spread:  Houston -9.5
O/U:  48

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Indianapolis

Every week we expect the Colt’s Luck to run out (pun intended) but it doesn’t. Indianapolis has won 7 of its last 8 games to go from nice story to near playoff certainty.

If they can take this game from the Texans then they could actually take the division too, something that would have seemed unfathomable a month or so ago…

You have to heap a lot of the credit on unflappable rookie QB Andrew Luck.  His turnovers have been up the last 4 games but he has been fantastic late in games and clearly inspires confidence.

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This will be the first time in a while where he will be facing a quality defense though so it won’t be easy to continue their current run…

The number on this one caught me off guard.  I think you can throw out series trends because so much has changed over the years but I don’t think you can ignore where these teams are coming from.

The Colts are streaking and should be taken seriously.  They have been solid on the road too. [soliloquy id=”82219″]

Houston

I have to admit I didn’t see the Texans shellacking at the hands of the Patriots on Monday night coming.

While the performance begs reconsideration of the Texans in the NFL pecking order it should also be noted that the game was the third road contest in a row for Houston.  You want them to get up for New England but they aren’t the first team to get crushed at Gillette Stadium…

This week will reveal more as the Texans look to assert supremacy over their division.

It might be a good time to get the ground game going.  Sure Arian Foster has a bunch of yards and scores but he is averaging under 4 yards per carry – the lowest of his career by half a yard.

The passing attack is effective but far from scary in my mind…If you are backing Houston than you can take comfort that they have performed well in similar roles this season.

5 times they have been favoured between 7 and 13 points this season and they have won 4 of them.  The question is whether the number on this is legit.

I think it will come down as gametime approaches so be patient.

Spread Pick:  Indianapolis +9.5
O/U Pick:  Over
Score Prediction:  Houston 28 – Indianapolis 24