The Colts may have finished the regular season with the best record in the NFL odds (14-2) and come within a whisker of a perfect season but there was still plenty of doubt as to whether or not this was a legitimate Super Bowl betting odds contender.

The team had one of the weakest schedules in the NFL odds and that was a major reason why the team has made it to the Super Bowl betting. But if the first two post season games the Colts have played are any indication of whether or not the Colts belong in the Super Bowl betting than the answer is overwhelmingly yes. Read more…

The Indianapolis Colts may have posted the best regular season record in the NFL odds this year by running up an impressive 14-2 record. But there has perhaps never been a 14-2 team that invited so much skepticism as the Colts as they played through a relatively weak schedule on their way to the Super Bowl betting odds and much of that skepticism was reserved for the defense.

The knock on the Colts has long been the same: Manning and the offense are great, but the defense is always suspect. It’s one of the smallest defenses in the NFL odds and it’s generally had poor numbers against the run. Read more…

As everyone knows the key to success in the Super Bowl betting or in any NFL odds matchup for that matter is key matchups. Every media outlet in the country has broken down and analyzed almost every conceivable matchup we’ll see in the Super Bowl betting in order to kill the two dead weeks between the conference championships and the Super Bowl.

But the importance of the matchup between the Colts’ defense vs the Saints offense is one NFL odds matchup that cannot be overstated. The Colts certainly have their hands full going up against the best offense in the NFL odds and the Saints, at least on paper would look to be the favored party in this contest. Read more…

The Indianapolis Colts put together the finest regular season in team history running up a record of 14-2 and perhaps narrowly missing out on a perfect regular season. Much of the credit for the team’s success goes to All-Pro QB Peyton Manning, as it should, but the Colt’s defense has also been credited with much of the Super Bowl success as well.

At first glance this unit has done a fine job ranking in the top ten nearly every statistical category. It ranks 8th in the NFL betting lines in scoring (19.2) which is, afterall the most important defensive stat in the NFL odds. Read more…