Prediction: Bengals 24, Colts 17
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today
Player Rankings and Projections
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Indianapolis Colts |
Rank |
Player |
Projections |
QB 22 |
Andrew Luck |
Pass: 220, 1 TD Rush: 20, 0 |
RB 27 |
Donald Brown |
Rush: 50, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 |
RB 49 |
Trent Richardson |
Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 |
WR 31 |
T.Y. Hilton |
Rec: 5-70, 0 TD |
WR 68 |
Darrius Heyward-Bey |
Rec: 2-30, 0 TD |
WR 89 |
LaVon Brazill |
Rec: 1-20, 0 TD |
TE 5 |
Coby Fleener |
Rec: 6-60, 1 TD |
K 20 |
Adam Vinatieri |
FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2 |
DEF 20 |
Defense / ST |
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Cincinnati Bengals |
Rank |
Player |
Projections |
QB 6 |
Andy Dalton |
Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 10, 0 |
RB 18 |
Giovani Bernard |
Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 1 |
RB 32 |
BenJarvus Green-Ellis |
Rush: 50, 1 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 |
WR 2 |
A.J. Green |
Rec: 8-110, 1 TD |
WR 67 |
Marvin Jones |
Rec: 3-40, 0 TD |
WR 73 |
Mohamed Sanu |
Rec: 3-30, 0 TD |
TE 26 |
Jermaine Gresham |
Rec: 3-30, 0 TD |
TE 27 |
Tyler Eifert |
Rec: 3-30, 0 TD |
K 14 |
Mike Nugent |
FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3 |
DEF 3 |
Defense / ST |
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Game Notes
Colts Have won 5 of past 6 in Dec & 7 of past 9 at Cin... QB Andrew Luck has 7,167 career passing yards, 4th-most passing yards in 1st 2 seasons of career in NFL history. Luck (10) has most game-winning drives by QB in 4th qtr./OT in 1st 2 seasons of career since '70. Since 2012, Luck has 9 rush TDs, most by AFC QB... RB Donald Brown averages 5 yards per carry against Bengals (17 att., 85 yards). In only career meeting at Cin. (w/ Cle. on 9/16/12), RB Trent Richardson rushed for 109 yards on 19 att. (5.7 avg.) with TD... WR T.Y. Hilton (791) needs 71 rec. yards to surpass rookie total in 2012 (861). Has 4 100-yard rec. games in '13... TE Coby Fleener has career-best in catches (44), rec. yards (544) & TDs (4) in 2013... LB Robert Mathis (15.5) needs sack to surpass DWIGHT FREENEY (16 in 2004) for most sacks by Colt in season since 1982. Has 4.5 sacks in 5 career games vs. Bengals... CB Cassius Vaughn had career-high 2 INTs last week...LB Jerrell Freeman leads team w/ 97 tackles. Posted 1st INT of season last week.
Bengals Club is 5-0 at home this season... QB Andy Dalton now has 3,144 passing yards in 2013 & joined PEYTON MANNING as only QBs in NFL history with at least 3,000 passing yards in 1st 3 seasons of career. Completed 25 of 32 passes (78.1 pct.) for 264 yards with 1 TD vs. 0 INTs & 111.5 rating in only career meeting vs. Ind. Cin. is 13-1 (.929) when Dalton has 100+ rating. Dalton has 11 TDs vs. 5 INTs & 94 rating at home in 2013... RB Giovani Bernard leads all AFC rookies with 875 scrim. yards (521 rush; 354 receiving). Has 2 games with 100+ scrim. yards. RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis had season-high 92 rush yards last week... WR A.J. Green (1,103) has reached 1,000 rec. yards for 3rd consecutive season. Has 6 games with 100+ rec. yards in 2013, tied for most in NFL. Averages 91.9 rec. yards per game this season, tied for 5th-best in NFL... TE Jermaine Gresham has 13 rec. for 108 yards with TD in 2 career games vs. Colts... Defense allows 314.8 yards per game, 3rd-fewest in AFC... LB Vontaze Burfict leads team with 131 tackles. CB Dre Kirkpatrick posted 1st career INT last week... DE Wallace Gilberry has 3.5 sacks in past 4. DE Michael Johnson had sack & FR in last game vs. Ind.
Results and Schedule
Indianapolis Colts |
Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
1 |
2013-09-08 |
OAK |
H |
W 21-17 |
+4 |
2 |
2013-09-15 |
MIA |
H |
L 20-24 |
-4 |
3 |
2013-09-22 |
SF |
A |
W 27-7 |
+20 |
4 |
2013-09-29 |
JAC |
A |
W 37-3 |
+34 |
5 |
2013-10-06 |
SEA |
H |
W 34-28 |
+6 |
6 |
2013-10-14 |
SD |
A |
L 9-19 |
-10 |
7 |
2013-10-20 |
DEN |
H |
W 39-33 |
+6 |
8 |
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Bye |
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9 |
2013-11-03 |
HOU |
A |
W 27-24 |
+3 |
10 |
2013-11-10 |
STL |
H |
L 8-38 |
-30 |
11 |
2013-11-14 |
TEN |
A |
W 30-27 |
+3 |
12 |
2013-11-24 |
ARI |
A |
L 11-40 |
-29 |
13 |
2013-12-01 |
TEN |
H |
W 22-14 |
+8 |
14 |
2013-12-08 |
CIN |
A |
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15 |
2013-12-15 |
HOU |
H |
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16 |
2013-12-22 |
KC |
A |
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17 |
2013-12-29 |
JAC |
H |
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Cincinnati Bengals |
Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
1 |
2013-09-08 |
CHI |
A |
L 21-24 |
-3 |
2 |
2013-09-16 |
PIT |
H |
W 20-10 |
+10 |
3 |
2013-09-22 |
GB |
H |
W 34-30 |
+4 |
4 |
2013-09-29 |
CLE |
A |
L 6-17 |
-11 |
5 |
2013-10-06 |
NE |
H |
W 13-6 |
+7 |
6 |
2013-10-13 |
BUF |
A |
W 27-24 |
+3 |
7 |
2013-10-20 |
DET |
A |
W 27-24 |
+3 |
8 |
2013-10-27 |
NYJ |
H |
W 49-9 |
+40 |
9 |
2013-10-31 |
MIA |
A |
L 20-22 |
-2 |
10 |
2013-11-10 |
BAL |
A |
L 17-20 |
-3 |
11 |
2013-11-17 |
CLE |
H |
W 41-20 |
+21 |
12 |
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Bye |
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13 |
2013-12-01 |
SD |
A |
W 17-10 |
+7 |
14 |
2013-12-08 |
IND |
H |
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15 |
2013-12-15 |
PIT |
A |
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16 |
2013-12-22 |
MIN |
H |
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17 |
2013-12-29 |
BAL |
H |
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Offense Stats Comparison
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IND Offense |
CIN Offense |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Points for |
20.0 |
26.0 |
23.6 |
CIN |
Rushing yards |
84.3 |
129.7 |
118.5 |
CIN |
Rushing yards per attempt |
4.08 |
3.95 |
4.29 |
IND |
Completion % |
54.8% |
55.7% |
61.1% |
CIN |
Passing yards |
211.3 |
245.3 |
233.1 |
CIN |
Passing yards per completion |
10.83 |
11.43 |
10.88 |
CIN |
Passing yards per attempt |
5.93 |
6.36 |
6.65 |
CIN |
Interceptions |
0.7 |
2.0 |
0.9 |
IND |
Fumbles lost |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
IND |
Sacks allowed |
2.7 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
CIN |
3rd down conversions |
30.8% |
36.8% |
38.1% |
CIN |
4th down conversions |
20.0% |
57.1% |
48.4% |
CIN |
Time of possession |
26:16 |
31:40 |
30:29 |
CIN |
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Defense Stats Comparison
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IND Defense |
CIN Defense |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Points against |
29.7 |
16.7 |
23.6 |
CIN |
Rushing yards |
135.0 |
95.3 |
118.5 |
CIN |
Rushing yards per attempt |
4.29 |
4.16 |
4.29 |
CIN |
Completion % |
64.1% |
58.2% |
61.1% |
CIN |
Passing yards |
246.7 |
187.7 |
233.1 |
CIN |
Passing yards per completion |
12.91 |
8.05 |
10.88 |
CIN |
Passing yards per attempt |
8.27 |
4.69 |
6.65 |
CIN |
INT return |
0.0 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
CIN |
Fumble recoveries |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
CIN |
Sacks |
1.7 |
3.7 |
2.5 |
CIN |
3rd down conversions |
46.4% |
28.9% |
38.1% |
CIN |
4th down conversions |
33.3% |
20.0% |
48.4% |
CIN |
Time of possession |
33:44 |
31:19 |
30:29 |
CIN |
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Special Teams Stats Comparison
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IND |
CIN |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Yards per punt return |
11.4 |
8.3 |
9.5 |
IND |
Yards per kick return |
23.1 |
24.6 |
22.9 |
CIN |
Yards allowed per punt return |
19.2 |
5.8 |
9.5 |
CIN |
Yards allowed per kick return |
24.7 |
21.1 |
22.9 |
CIN |
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Misc Stats Comparison
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IND |
CIN |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Penalties |
4.7 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
IND |
Penalty yards |
40.3 |
57.3 |
51.1 |
IND |
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Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game
through Weeks 8 to 13 of the 2013 season after deducting the best
and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per
pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on
totals through Weeks 8 to 13 with no adjustment.
Weather
Team vs. Team History
Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals |
Season |
Week |
Date |
Vis |
Home |
Score |
Winner |
2002 |
5 |
2002-10-06 |
CIN |
IND |
21-28 |
IND |
2005 |
11 |
2005-11-20 |
IND |
CIN |
45-37 |
IND |
2006 |
15 |
2006-12-18 |
CIN |
IND |
16-34 |
IND |
2008 |
14 |
2008-12-07 |
CIN |
IND |
3-35 |
IND |
2010 |
10 |
2010-11-14 |
CIN |
IND |
17-23 |
IND |
2011 |
6 |
2011-10-16 |
IND |
CIN |
17-27 |
CIN |
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Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.
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