{"id":1724,"date":"2010-02-05T20:43:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2024-09-20T19:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T23:40:03","slug":"big-game-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2010\/02\/05\/big-game-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Game Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, it is time for the game.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll admit, my confidence in the Colts has been shaken a bit. I always get nervous when everyone seems to be picking the same team when the opponents are fairly evenly matched. Most people seem to love the Colts this week. Dwight Freeney&#8217;s status is troubling. It&#8217;s one thing to beat the Jets without Jerraud Powers. If he&#8217;s not on the field and healthy against the Saints, that will be another huge blow to the Colts.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m not so worried that I&#8217;m changing my pick. Rather than a relatively easy win, I think we&#8217;ll see a shootout. Given what the Colts have done this year, winning a bundle of close games with late scores, and that they have Peyton behind center, I think they&#8217;ll be able to overcome whatever challenges their health on defense will present.<\/p>\n<p>Colts 31<br \/>\nSaints 27<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, it is time for the game. I&#8217;ll admit, my confidence in the Colts has been shaken a bit. I always get nervous when everyone seems to be picking the same team when the opponents are fairly evenly matched. Most people seem to love the Colts this week. Dwight Freeney&#8217;s status is troubling. It&#8217;s one thing to beat the Jets without Jerraud Powers. If he&#8217;s not on the field and healthy against the Saints, that will be another huge blow to the Colts. But I&#8217;m not so worried that I&#8217;m changing my pick. Rather than a relatively easy win, I think we&#8217;ll see a shootout. Given what the Colts have done this year, winning a bundle of close games with late scores, and that they have Peyton behind center, I think they&#8217;ll be able to overcome whatever challenges their health on defense will present. Colts 31 Saints 27 \u2756 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[70,68],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-super-bowl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14936,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions\/14936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}