INDIANAPOLIS (11 -
2) at OAKLAND (4 - 9)
Week 15 Sunday, 12/16/2007 4:05
PM
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Tot |
Colts (12-2) |
10 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
21 |
Raiders (4-10) |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
Colts defeat Raiders 21-14 to
clinch first round bye
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Postgame Recaps, Storylines,
and News |
Peyton Manning and the
Indianapolis Colts had to work a
lot harder than expected to get
a week off to open the playoffs.
Manning threw a 20-yard
touchdown pass to Anthony
Gonzalez with 4:49 remaining for
the Colts' first offensive
touchdown of the game, and
Indianapolis rallied to beat the
Oakland Raiders 21-14 Sunday and
clinch a first-round bye in the
AFC playoffs...
FULL STORY
Fargas tops 1000 yards, but
injures knee in Raiders'
loss to Colts
International Herald
Tribune, France
Oakland
Raiders running back Justin
Fargas was unable to celebrate
his first 1000-yard rushing
season because he sprained his
right knee shortly after ...
Notes: Fargas gets milestone,
injury
San Francisco Chronicle
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Pregame Previews, Storylines,
and News |
COLTS:
Offensively, Indianapolis wants
to continue the consistent play
exhibited in the past couple of
games. While injuries have
played havoc with the team's
receiving and offensive line
depth, things are beginning to
look up in both areas. The Colts
want to be able to make big
plays downfield, such as what
the team did in last week's win
at Baltimore. More production
out of the running game is also
expected to be stressed Sunday.
Defensively, the Colts have
to keep playing well against the
run and want to keep putting
pressure on whoever ends up
seeing playing time at
quarterback for the Raiders...FULL
STORY
RAIDERS: Unless the
Raiders can do something
miraculous on defense, there
really is only one way to
survive -- attempt to wear down
a smaller Colts front seven with
their running game and shorten
the game by controlling the
clock and hoping it is close in
the end.
It's hard to imagine Peyton
Manning not having a field day
unless the Raiders' 32nd-ranked
run defense can somehow slow
Joseph Addai...FULL
STORY
Colts-Raiders NFL
Capsule
WLFI.com, IN
Colts
allow 166.8 yards passing per
game, best in NFL, while
Raiders allow 123.5 yards
rushing, second worst in league.
... RB Justin Fargas is
averaging ...
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Prediction |
Spread |
ATS Pick |
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Colts @ |
Colts
-17.946 |
OAK
+11 |
Colts |
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Raiders |
