Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills Prediction, 8/12/2023 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Preseason

Game: Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills

Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023

Location: Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, NY

TV: No TV

Odds/Point Spread: Bills (+2.5)

Total/Over-Under: 39

Highmark Stadium is the location where the Buffalo Bills (14-4 last year) will compete against the Indianapolis Colts (4-12-1 last season) on Saturday. Buffalo opens as 2.5-point underdogs from oddsmakers. The total is set at 39.

The Indianapolis Colts finished the season with a 4-12-1 mark. In their last contest, the Colts faced the Texans and took a loss by a final of 32-31. Sam Ehlinger went 23/35 with 209 yds through the air and 2 TDs. He had a quarterback rate of 77 and finished the contest with 2 interceptions. Zack Moss led the offense in rushing for the Colts with 18 carries for 114 yards (6.3 yards per carry). Deon Jackson held an average of 12.5 yds per reception by accumulating 75 yds on 6 catches. The Indianapolis Colts ran the football 33 times and compiled 196 yds, which earned them an average of 5.9 yards per carry. Overall, they had 70 plays which totaled 398 yards. Indianapolis surrendered 24 completions on 40 tries for 301 yds, and a completion percentage of 60.0%. In the running game, the Colts conceded 59 yds on 23 attempts, which is an average of 2.6 yds per rush surrendered.

The Colts tallied 5,298 total yards last year. Indianapolis compiled 193 1st downs as a unit, and they were called for 89 infractions for 794 yards. Indianapolis compiled 17 touchdowns via the pass and 8 rushing touchdowns. They surrendered the ball 34 times (20 picks and 14 fumbles). Offensively they averaged 109.8 yards rushing, which ranked them 23rd in the NFL. Concerning putting points on the board, the Indianapolis Colts had an average of 17.0 points per outing.

The Colts ranked 30th in the National Football League concerning the opposition scoring, allowing 25.1 points per contest. They allowed 4.1 yards per run and 124.1 yards on the ground per contest for the previous season. In total, they gave up 2,109 running yards through 17 games. Regarding passing yards, the Colts allowed 3,569 yards which had them ranked 12th in football. In their 17 games played last year, they conceded 209.9 yards per game via the pass as well as allowing a completion percentage of 68.0%. They yielded 334.0 yards per contest which ranked them 15th in the league. They surrendered 25 passing touchdowns in addition to 20 running touchdowns.

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The Bills ended the season holding a 14-4 mark. In their last contest, the Bills took a loss by a final score of 27-10 against the Bengals. Josh Allen ran the ball 8 times for 26 yards, ending the contest with 3.3 yds per attempt for Buffalo. Dawson Knox was one of the featured targets for the Bills, hauling in 5 balls for 65 yards (13.0 yds per catch). Josh Allen finished the contest with 265 yards on 25/42 passing while his QB rate was 68.1. He had 1 pick and his avg yards per attempt was 6.3 yds. Buffalo conceded 34 attempts on the ground for 172 yards (5.1 yds per carry). The Bills pass defense allowed a completion percentage of 63.9%, surrendering 240 yards on 23 for 36 through the air. The Bills finished the contest with 325 yds while running 62 plays (5.2 yards per play). Buffalo ran the ball for 3.3 yards per carry, finishing with 63 yds on 19 carries.

The Buffalo Bills had an average of 397.6 yards per contest which ranked them 2nd out of all teams in the league. They had an average of 139.5 yards per game via the rush and ran for 2,232 yards for last year. The Buffalo offense totaled 709 penalty yds on 92 violations, which had them ranked 16th in the NFL in terms of helping out the other team. They gave away 14 interceptions while allowing opponents to recover 13 fumbles and they earned 212 1st downs. Last season, the Bills threw for a total of 4,129 yards via the pass not to mention an average of 258.1 passing yards per game, which was ranked 7th in the league. When it comes to how much they scored, the Bills ranked 2nd out of all teams in the NFL with a maintained average of 28.4 PPG.

The Bills allowed 17.9 points per game, ranking them 2nd in the league. They conceded 21 touchdowns via the pass and 214.6 yards/contest, which had them in 15th in the NFL. Over the course of the season, they gave up 286 points in total. Buffalo gave up a total of 1,673 rushing yards (104.6 yards per outing) and 10 touchdowns by way of the ground game last season. The Bills defense was on the field for 997 plays, which ranked them 3rd in the NFL. They earned 27 takeaways (10 fumbles recovered and 17 interceptions) during the previous year.

Who will win tonight's Colts/Bills NFL game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take the Colts -2.5

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