Green Bay Packers vs Indianapolis Colts Prediction & Picks - NFL

Prediction published on 9/15/24, 9:32 AM  by Bill Christy in NFL Picks

=11.0ptThe Green Bay Packers are still licking their wounds from a battle in Brazil last Friday when they fell to the Philadelphia Eagles. It was a back-and-forth battle against the Birds but the Packers fell short 34-29 and to add injury to insult, Jordan Love was lost to injury for at least the next 4 weeks with an MCL sprain. Now, they will be relying on backup Malik Willis to handle the QB duties in this one. Josh Jacobs is likely to be leaned on heavily as he is coming off a 16-carry performance where he accumulated 84 yards. Jayden Reed was the biggest threat for Love and the aerial attack but it will remain to be seen who Willis gels with this week. The Colts are coming off a tough 29-27 loss to the Houston Texans last week. They were able to rack up over 300 total yards but committed the only turnover of the game. Jonathan Taylor was unable to get going but Anthony Richardson did as he ran for 56 yards and a score and threw for another 212 yards and 2 more touchdowns. Alec Pierce caught 3 of Richardson’s passes for 125 yards and a touchdown. The defense was not great as they allowed the Texans to go 50% on 3rd down and pick up over 400 yards.