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AFC Championship Odds: Jets-Colts Spread Preview

Joe DuffyJan 21, 2010

Itโ€™s the Vikings vs. Saints and Jets vs. Colts in the NFLโ€™s conference championship. Here is the official AFC Championship spread preview between the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts.

Just Bet Sportsbook has the Colts -7.5 with a total of 39.5. The Jets are 11-7 straight up and against the spread and even more impressive on the road at 7-3 in each category.

The Colts are 15-2 straight up and 11-6 to the number. They are 8-1 outright at home, but 4-5 to the sportsbooks.

New York has gone over 3-of-4 while Indianapolis exceeded the total in 4-of-5.

The Jets do what teams must do in order to upset the Colts: keep them off the field. The Jets rush for 172 yards per game compared to only 78.6 for Indianapolis averaging a stunning 1.1 more yards per carry than Indy.

However, Peyton Manning and company get 7.3 yards per pass to the Jets 6.2. On defense, the J-E-T-S allow 3.9 yards per rush compared to 4.3 for the Colts and 4.9 yards per pass compared to the home favoriteโ€™s 5.8.

Against the spread records: the Jets are 8-2 as an underdog and 8-2 on the road versus an opponent winning home record.

The Colts are 8-2 off a spread win, yet 3-7 off a straight up win of 14 or more points.

Over/under angles: Indianapolis has gone under 7-2 in the postseason.

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