Indianapolis (+3) at Kansas City
Kansas City has not been playing well as of late. They are only 4-3 overall and 2-5 ATS in their last seven games. Indianapolis, meanwhile is hot. Peyton Manning posted a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating in the dismantling of Denver last week. Indy is also nails on the road. They are 7-1 overall away from the RCA Dome and Peyton Manning is 2-0 in his career at Arrowhead, a 35-28 victory in 2001 and a 27-14 score in 2000. In fact, Indy is 5-0 both straight up and ATS against Kansas City since 1993. Four of those victories came in KC. Indy is 4-1 ATS in their last five at KC. Kansas City fans hearken back to 1995 when Jim Harbaugh led Indianapolis into Kansas City for a playoff game and came away with a hard fought 10-7 victory. Kansas City also has a history of underachieving. Case in point is 1995, Kansas City was 13-3 in the regular season only to lose that home playoff game to Indy. They followed the exact same script two years later, losing at home to Denver in the playoffs, 14-10. This year, Kansas City was again 13-3 in the regular season and??? Tony Dungy has not backed away from any challenge this year (case in point, that Monday night victory at Tampa) and will not start now. Coach Dungy will ensure that his team will not rest on its laurels and is focused on the Super Bowl in Houston. Edgerrin James has extra motivation in returning to Kansas City, as that is where his season ending knee injury occurred in 2001. He was quoted as saying he wants ?to go back to where it all started? and come full circle. Dick Vermeil is known as a coach who is extremely well prepared, however, one has to question his wisdom in having his team practice only once during the bye week. If Kansas City wins, it was a brilliant move designed to give his team a much needed rest. If they lose, it will be because they are rusty.
Kansas City has not been playing well as of late. They are only 4-3 overall and 2-5 ATS in their last seven games. Indianapolis, meanwhile is hot. Peyton Manning posted a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating in the dismantling of Denver last week. Indy is also nails on the road. They are 7-1 overall away from the RCA Dome and Peyton Manning is 2-0 in his career at Arrowhead, a 35-28 victory in 2001 and a 27-14 score in 2000. In fact, Indy is 5-0 both straight up and ATS against Kansas City since 1993. Four of those victories came in KC. Indy is 4-1 ATS in their last five at KC. Kansas City fans hearken back to 1995 when Jim Harbaugh led Indianapolis into Kansas City for a playoff game and came away with a hard fought 10-7 victory. Kansas City also has a history of underachieving. Case in point is 1995, Kansas City was 13-3 in the regular season only to lose that home playoff game to Indy. They followed the exact same script two years later, losing at home to Denver in the playoffs, 14-10. This year, Kansas City was again 13-3 in the regular season and??? Tony Dungy has not backed away from any challenge this year (case in point, that Monday night victory at Tampa) and will not start now. Coach Dungy will ensure that his team will not rest on its laurels and is focused on the Super Bowl in Houston. Edgerrin James has extra motivation in returning to Kansas City, as that is where his season ending knee injury occurred in 2001. He was quoted as saying he wants ?to go back to where it all started? and come full circle. Dick Vermeil is known as a coach who is extremely well prepared, however, one has to question his wisdom in having his team practice only once during the bye week. If Kansas City wins, it was a brilliant move designed to give his team a much needed rest. If they lose, it will be because they are rusty.
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