Indianapolis Colts VS Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Monday Night Football Pick

This is one of my tougher decisions this week – mainly because there really is limited value on either side. On one hand you have the Indianapolis Colts minus one Peyton Manning. In other words, yuck. After watching the Colts play, I’m pretty sure I’m voting on Peyton Manning as the MVP for this season. If there’s every been an example of how much a guy means to his team, it’s this instance right here. Sure, he hasn’t been very good this season, his numbers are the lowest ever, shoot, he’s not even going to suit up (likely) – but this guy is the MVP, hands down! Maybe Curtis Painter will unleash his inner Drew Brees, but right now that’s tough to expect.

Then you have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team that hasn’t met the high expectations they received coming into the year, mainly because of the tricks they pulled last season to win 10 games in the first place. But wait, they’re up to those tricks again, I mean – they are 2-1 heading into Monday Night. They do hold a 0 point differential, so they’re close to the +23 pace they accomplished last year in winning 4 more than they lost.  They just don’t ever go out and pummel teams – and that, I guess, is what makes them scary. A team that plays tight games seemingly every single week is tough to bet on with 10 points being given away.

Two poisons, I pick Tampa. At least I can justify them holding Curtis Painter and company to 10 points or so, and scoring three touchdowns against the Colts isn’t too crazy to project. If Blount gets the ball early and often for the Buccos, they could dominate this game from start to finish.

Indianapolis Colts @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-10)