Preview: Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers - October 19, 2008

By Nevada Sharpshooter

The Colts travel to Green Bay to take on the Packers.  The up and down Colts found their swagger in a 31-3 whipping of Baltimore.  Offensively Indy seems to be hitting their stride, scoring 31 points in each of their last 2 games.  At QB Peyton Manning has been solid completing 63 percent of his passes and throwing 8 TDs to 5 INTs.  The running game has faltered with Joseph Addai averaging only 3.5 yards per carry.  Defensively the Colts have struggled until the Baltimore game.  They gave up 29 points to Chicago and 27 to Houston.

Green Bay has also been up and down.  After starting the season 2-0 they have lost 2 of their last 3 games with the only win coming against a bad Seattle team without starting QB Matt Hasselbeck.  Offensively the Pack has been one dimensional. The passing game has been strong with Aaron Rodgers (11TDs and only 4 INTs) and big play WR Greg Jennings (653 yds, 4TDs).  While Rodgers has been everything the Pack could hope for the running game has been horrible.  Ryan Grant is averaging 3.4 yards a carry and has yet to cross the goal line.  Defensively the Pack gets former 1st round pick Justin Harrell back from injury, but overall the team has been crippled with injuries to key players, some who will be held out like Al Harris and many who will play hurt like AJ Hawk.

This Packer defense was unable to stop Atlanta at home 2 weeks ago and I do not believe that they can stop the Colts either.  While the Packer offense should have some success vs the Colts they will not be able to keep up.  Take the Indianapolis Colts -1.5 over the Green Bay Packers.