Both the Colts and the Titans will play a lot of back-ups, as both are locked into their playoff seeds. This means there'll be no continuity on offense, making Under the play.
Both the Indianapolis Colts and the Tennessee Titans have their playoff spots determined. This makes this matchup totally meaningless. It's more or less a glorified scrimmage.
We know Tony Dungy's history in preseason and in these end-of-the-year regular season situations. He either sits out or plays very sparingly his star skill position players.
Peyton Manning is going to play very little before turning the offense over to Jim Sorgi, another in the line of bad Wisconsin backup quarterbacks in the NFL.
But how will Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher approach this game? That had been the unknown until now. Fisher has made his intentions known saying both second-string quarterback Vince Young and third-stringer Chris Simms would see extensive playing time.
Young has thrown one pass since opening week. Simms is even rustier, having not seen live action in more than two years.
Star rookie running back Chris Johnson is expected to play very little, while LenDale White doesn't figure to play at all after missing every practice this week because of illness.
The Titans are first in scoring defense, holding foes to 14.1 points per game. They rank fifth in total defense. Indianapolis is in the top 11 in scoring defense and total defense.
Both clubs will be missing star defensive players. Albert Haynesworth won't play for the Titans, while Bob Sanders has been ruled out for the Colts.
Still, that's not enough for me to get off the Under, considering neither team wants to show anything on offense or special teams. Their goal is to stay healthy and get through the game mainly using rusty, bad backup quarterbacks.
If you like a vanilla, boring, grind-it-out style of game featuring mainly backup quarterbacks then this is the matchup for you.
As for me it's an Under play at this total.
Free Pick: Titans, Colts Under 39 (-110)