Editor’s note: NESN.com’s Mike Cole, Ricky Doyle and Andre Khatchaturian deliver their NFL picks every Thursday of the season, and here’s who they like in the Indianapolis Colts-Tennessee Titans Week 7 game, with the line from OddsShark.
Indianapolis Colts (2-4) at (-2.5) Tennessee Titans (3-3), Sunday, 1 p.m.
Mike: Titans. This might be the death knell for the Colts. Tennessee almost gave one away last week against the Browns, but this is a favorable matchup. The run-heavy Titans shouldn’t have much trouble moving the ball against Indy’s defense, controlling the clock and putting themselves in a position to win.
Ricky: Titans. Marcus Mariota has made strides the last two weeks. You could argue the success came against bad teams (Dolphins and Browns), but I’d argue the Colts also are a bad team.
Andre: Titans. The Titans will dominate the battle of the trenches in this game. They have 18 sacks to their credit (fifth-most) and the Colts only have eight (29th). The Colts have also allowed 6.5 yards per play (31st) and that doesn?t bode well against a Titans rushing attack that averages 4.9 yards per play (second-most).
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