VALETTA, MALTA -- With Super Bowl 44 only a day away, the Indianapolis Colts are still the clear favorite. Money still seems to flowing for the Colts with the line moving only marginally this week.
When the Super Bowl 44 line was first posted, the Colts were a 3.5 to 4 point favorite. Later on during the week, the line moved to 5.5 and even 6 at some sportsbooks.
At the moment the Colts are a 5 point favourite at Bookmaker.com (and 4.5 at a few other online sportsbooks) and even through the line has shrunk, there still seems to be an overriding sentiment that the Colts will win this game.
At 5 it appears as if the odd makers are trying to make betting interesting for fans. Even though Indie has a great record of covering the spread, the current level puts them in danger.
Considering that the New Orleans Saints have the number one offense in the league this year, put 34 points over the very strong Minnesota defense, they were also able to hold the Minnesota offense to 31 points.
The Team Total for the Colts has been stable at 31. In the face of a solid Saints running game and with an average running game of their own, scoring will be tricky and the Colts will have to throw the ball, which could play into the Saints defensive strengths.
Indianapolis are more than capable of putting up 31 points in any game, but they could be found wanting covering the spread with the defensive experts Greg Williams picking their passing game apart.
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