On Monday night the Pittsburgh Steelers, who were coming off a dreadful performance against the Cleveland Browns, fell behind 13-0 against the Houston Texans, and things looked rather bleak. But then the Steelers got a spark and went on an explosion, where they scored 24 points in less than three minutes. They wound up winning the game by a touchdown over Houston, and they hope to take some of that momentum into this Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts. NFL betting action gets underway at 4:25 PM ET at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

The Colts, after losing their first two games of the season, have won (and covered) five games in a row, and their defensive unit has gained a lot of momentum. Last week they scored a 27-0 shutout over the Cincinnati Bengals, inn a game where they simply dominated from beginning to end.

The Colts, at 5-2 straight-up, are also 6-1 against the football pointspread. Pittsburgh is 4-3 straight-up and 3-4 versus the number.

In the NFL betting lines that event posted on this game and BetAnySports, Indianapolis is laying points on the road:

Indianapolis Colts -3 (-130)
Pittsburgh Steelers +3 (+110)

Over 49.5 points -110
Under 49.5 points -110

What Pittsburgh needs to do is very simple; they have to run the ball first and set up a downfield passing game with Ben Roethlisberger, who likes operating of the no-huddle offense. And when they stretch out enemy defenses, it is invariable that they are doing it using the talents of Antonio Brown, who has now had five catches or more in 23 straight games, which is an NFL record. Le'Veon Bell can do it not only on the ground (599 yards, 5.1 per carry), but also with his hands, as one of the 36 catches he's had on the season went for 43 yards and keyed the initial Pittsburgh rally on Monday night.

For Andrew Luck, it was business as usual last Sunday, as he threw for 344 yards and a pair of touchdowns, bringing his season's total to nineteen. He is finding everybody, in particular TY Hilton, who was one of the top receivers in the AFC with 711 yards. What the Colts are doing this year that is different than in the recent past, and what BetAnySports customers have to take special notice of, is the fact that they can really hurt you with the running game now. With Trent Richardson and a mod Bradshaw, they have a pair of backs who can pound away at enemy defenses. And that makes teams play you more honestly.

But it is the stop unit that has really impressed NFL bettors about this team. They held Cincinnati to 123 yards and just eight first downs, and that's the kind of thing that's going to happen when you limit your opponent to just one conversion out of 13 third-down situations. The Colts have been superb on third down, yielding just 26% success on the part of their foes. . Despite not having Robert Mathis, last year's NFL sack champion, available (out for the season), they have nonetheless been able to drop opposing passers 21 times. And they are out gaining opponents by just a shade under 142 yards per contest. In the category of net yards per drive, in which the yards per offensive drive and yards per defensive drive are added (or subtracted, as the case may be), the Colts have the best margin in the NFL, at +11.57, and it isn't even close.

One additional note about the defense – it is not as if the Colts have played a lot of weak sisters; they have encountered Peyton Manning and the Broncos, Chip Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles offense, the Baltimore Ravens and Joe Flacco, and Cincinnati, which is not without weaponry. So they don't have cheap numbers.

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