Indianapolis Colts at New Orleans Saints Line

The Indianapolis Colts will be looking for their first win of the season when the visit the New Orleans Saints (4-2) Sunday.

Odds makers aren’t giving them much of a chance. The Colts are currently listed as a 14-point underdog with the total set at 48.5.

Indy fell to 0-6 with a 27-17 loss on the road to the Cincinnati Bengals last Sunday.

Quarterback Curtis Painter completed 23 of 34 passes for 188 yards with one touchdown and one interception in the defeat. Six of those completions, including the touchdown pass, went to tight end Dallas Clark.

Wide receiver Reggie Wayne led the team with 58 receiving yards.

Indy managed 94 yards on the ground with Delone Carter picking up 45 of them.

Last week, the Saints saw their four game winning streak come to an end with a 26-20 loss on the road to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Veteran quarterback Drew Brees completed 29 of 45 passes for 383 yards and a touchdown but was picked off three times. Wide receiver Marques Colston hauled in Brees’ lone touchdown toss and finished with seven receptions for 118 yards.

Wide receiver Jimmy Graham also hauled in seven passes and led the Saints with 124 receiving yards.

Rookie running back Mark Ingram rushed for 22 yards and a touchdown to lead the ground attack.

New Orleans, which ranks second in the NFL in total offense with 452.2 yards per game, shouldn’t have much trouble moving the football on an Indianapolis defense that ranks 27th in the league with 392.5 yards per game allowed.

New Orleans does most of its damage through the air but could turn to its running game Sunday against an Indy stop unit that ranks 30th in the league against the run with 136.7 yards allowed per game.

The Saints are 4-0 this season when rushing for at least 100 yards.

Indy, which ranks next-to-last in the NFL with 284.7 yards per game, likely won’t be able to pull off the upset without winning the turnover battle.

The Saints have turned the ball over 11 times on the season and have only come up with four takeaways. After forcing seven turnovers in their first three games, the Colts haven’t come up with a single takeaway the last three weeks.

The Colts have won two of the last three meetings in this series, but the Saints won the most recent one 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.

While New Orleans is clearly the better team, one has to wonder if odds makers are spotting the Colts too many points. After all, Indy is 8-2 against the spread in its last 10 road games as an underdog of 10.5 points or more while New Orleans is 1-5 against the number in its last six home games as a favorite of 10.5 points or more.

While the Saints have finished under the number three times and over it three times this season, the Colts have played to the over in five of their six games.

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