Monday Night Football Week 4: Colts vs. Buccaneers Betting

Monday, October 3rd

The Indianapolis Colts visit the house of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Raymond James Stadium this Monday night.

Free Betting Pick: Buccaneers over Colts by 10.

Sportsbooks currently have the Buccaneers listed as 10-point favorites against the Colts, and the game's total is set at 40½.

The Colts put in a gutsy performance Sunday night against the Steelers but unfortunately that puts them in a lousy ATS (After Tomlin Skirmish) role this week as teams are just 23-40 ATS in games after taking on Mike Tomlin’s Steelers, including 1-3 SU and ATS on Monday.

And while Indy does own a stellar 7-1 ATS Monday log (with Peyton, of course), we must point out their brutal 0-8 SU and ATS record as non-conference dogs versus a foe off back-to-back SU wins.

That should set the table for a third straight Tampa win, especially with the Bucs now 5-0 ATS in Game Four and HC Raheem Morris 8-1-1 ATS versus non-division opponents off a SU loss.

The concern for now, however, is the third-year head coach’s 6-11 SU and 4-12-1 ATS mark at the New Sombrero and the fact that he has never been bigger than a 7-point favorite in his coaching career. We’ll stay Switzerland for, now but we’ll likely have more on this later in the week.

Betting trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Indianapolis's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indianapolis's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Indianapolis is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Indianapolis's last 9 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing Indianapolis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games at home
Tampa Bay is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Indianapolis