NFL Week Four Betting Lines: Colts vs Buccaneers MNF Free Pick

Did we miss the memo on the Manning Family purchasing a piece of the NFL? For the third straight week we have a game in which one of the Archie Manning boys is/was scheduled to be the starting quarterback in Prime Time football action.

Week Two it was Eli on Monday Night Football, while it was supposed to be Peyton on Sunday Night Football against the Steelers in Week Three, and then again tonight.

Colts @ Buccaneers: Peyton’s Pain = Tampa’s Gain?

In any case, the MNF betting action has its kickoff slated for 8:30 PM on Monday, October 3, 2011, from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida.

It has been well document that losing future Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning has been a huge pain in the neck for Indianapolis. It has also been a pain in the neck for sports handicappers as the Colts will start their second QB of the season tonight.

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We don’t have much in the way of body of work on QB Curtis Painter but he looked rather average, against a bad Steelers secondary, after QB Kerry Colins was knocked out of the Sunday Night game with a concussion last week. Drafted in 2009, Painter has attempted 30 passes, completing 13 of them for 143 yards, has thrown two interceptions, lost three fumbles, and has been sacked four times. Ouch!

Tampa Bay has an offense that moves at a snails pace. Being as such, we still aren’t sold on QB Josh Freeman who is in his second full season with the Buccaneers. Freeman has tossed two TD’s, to go along with four interceptions, in three games this season.

Monday Night Football Betting Lines: Buccaneers vs. Colts Free Pick

As we expected, there is a monster line favoring the Bucs on this contest tonight. MNF bettors can get the Colts as high as +10.5 with the Bodog point spread betting line.

Our Free Pick feature is 16-5 during NFL 2011 season with one of the losses being a brain dead bet we made back in Week One when we took the Colts at +9 on the road against the Houston Texans. The Texans corralled, and then crushed, the Colts 34-7 in that contest.

We have struggled with this pick all day long. Somewhat surprisingly, there is not a lot separating the Bucs and Colts – on offense or defense. One could even argue that the Manning-less Colts have had a slightly tougher scheduled through the first three weeks of the NFL 2011 season.

Tampa Bay has not been this big of a favorite since they lost 31-24 at home, as -10.5 chalk over the Oakland Raiders, on 12/28/2008. We are 5-3 when taking points this season. We are going to plug our nose as we take the +10.5 and ride the Colts in this one.

>>> Take IND over TB with +10.5 (-120) on the Bodog Point Spread <<<