Colts vs. Broncos: Crucial AFC Matchup Analysis & Best Bets

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00:00Tonight we have a Sunday night or that'll impact the NFC race with the

00:04Packers and the Seahawks. We'll get there in a second, but I want to get your guys

00:07thoughts on the game between the Colts and the Broncos here. I'll go to

00:11you first, Lee. See, Denver booked as the four-and-a-half point favorite. Both

00:14teams coming off of their very late season bye week here. What are your

00:17expectations? I think the Colts are alive in terms of this matchup. Again, they're

00:21coming out of a bye, but again, last game they played they beat New England by one

00:25point. Jonathan Taylor and the rushing attack got going 96 yards on the ground.

00:29A couple weeks ago, I think they're gonna need Jonathan Taylor to step up

00:33and then that could open up the play-action attack for Anthony

00:36Richardson, but I still feel they're alive here. Again, I know Bo Nix has

00:40stepped up. I know Denver's four-and-two at home and Sean Payton has done a

00:44fantastic job with this team. I just believe in the Colts. The line suggested

00:49as well. We saw four-and-a-halves for much of the week now down to three-and-a-half.

00:53I like them on the money line. I really do. I think the Colts find a way to

00:57potentially win this game. I took them plus 186 to pull this game out, Donnie. I

01:02think they find a way offensively running the football. Early September and

01:06early, excuse me, late September and early October, you saw two games that the Denver

01:10Broncos played at the Buccaneers and at the Jets. 26-7 victory. Jets 10-9.

01:14There were dogs in both of those games, but after that, the reason I bring this

01:17up is they've actually beaten who they're supposed to beat routinely here.

01:21You take a look at the Raiders game. They beat them. They lost to the Chargers,

01:24which is a tough one, but then continue on at the Saints. You're supposed to beat

01:27them. You do. The Panthers, you beat them. At the Ravens, at the Chiefs, you lost

01:30both of those games. Probably weren't supposed to win that. Then you counter

01:33with the Falcons, Raiders, and Browns, probably who you were supposed to beat

01:36in those three games. They've done that. So now we line up in a game against the

01:39Colts today, who they're supposed to beat. Usually, we get caught up and say, hey,

01:42show me something out here, which I love to do. Like, you can win nine games or

01:45ah, they gotta win that tenth in a row to show me something. They've shown me,

01:48specifically at home, if they need to beat a team that they're supposed to beat,

01:51they have the capabilities to beat that team, and I think they do it. Now, rest it,

01:55Jonathan Taylor. Rest it up, Anthony Richardson. Getting a wide receiver back,

01:59is that gonna make it tougher? Yes. But why am I gonna be doubting the Denver

02:02Broncos now in a game they're favored, as if they can't beat them, and it's a

02:05rookie quarterback, and they're trying to learn how to win? No, they've been

02:07winning all along. I trust them. I think they win and cover this game, Joe. I do.

02:10You know, you look at the stretch for Indianapolis and two of those last three

02:14wins by exactly one point. It doesn't necessarily inspire a world of

02:19confidence when we're trying to figure, oh, things are going great right now, and

02:23no, they're, you know, a gutsy call by Shane Steikton to come back against the

02:26Jets. It's worked out well enough for them, but it's certainly not a team I'd

02:30think would win. Everybody comes back against the Jets. Like, what happened? I don't know. That's another thing.

02:33Yeah. My goodness. Oh, you fired your head coach and put a significantly

02:37worse coach in charge. Wouldn't be able to look at him, though. Yeah, that's a good point there.

02:40It was a defensive wizard, though, Holbrook. Yeah. He was actually the one calling the plays. Thanks, bro.

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