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Prediction: Colts 26, Rams 17
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections

St. Louis Rams
Rank  Player Projections
QB 28 Kellen Clemens Pass: 200, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 6 Zac Stacy Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 51 Chris Givens Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 57 Austin Pettis Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 67 Tavon Austin Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 19 Jared Cook Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
TE 30 Lance Kendricks Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 28 Greg Zuerlein FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 14 Defense / ST  
 
Indianapolis Colts
Rank  Player Projections
QB 17 Andrew Luck Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 20, 0
RB 24 Trent Richardson Rush: 50, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 32 Donald Brown Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 11 T.Y. Hilton Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 55 Darrius Heyward-Bey Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 65 Griff Whalen Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 13 Coby Fleener Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 2 Adam Vinatieri FG: 4/4 XP: 2/2
DEF 7 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Rams QB Kellen Clemens will make 15th career start... Rookie RB Zac Stacy rushed for 127 yards & career-high 2 TDs last week. Has 261 rush yards (130.5 per game) & 2 TDs in past 2. Is 1st Rams rookie since STEVEN JACKSON in 2004 with back-to-back 100-yard rush games... TE Jared Cook leads club with 411 rec. yards. Had TD in last game vs. Ind. (12/9/12 with Ten.). In 12/18/11 game vs. Ind. (with Ten.), had 9 catches for 103 yards. WR Chris Givens has 5 career catches of 50+ yards. Has 3 career rec. TDs & averages 46 yards per TD (138 yards). WR Tavon Austin leads NFC rookie WRs with 31 catches... DE Robert Quinn leads NFC with 10 sacks. Has 11 sacks in past 10. DE Chris Long has 9.5 sacks in past 11. Has 12.5 sacks in past 14 vs. AFC. Since entering NFL in 2009, LB James Laurinaitis is 1 of 3 LBs with 10+ sacks (10.5) & 8+ INTs (8). Leads team with 67 tackles. Rookie LB Alec Ogletree is 2nd on team with 60 tackles. CB Janoris Jenkins has 4 career TDs (3 INT, 1 FR). DT Kendall Langford had career-high 2 sacks last week.

Colts Seek 6th straight win vs. NFC... For career, QB Andrew Luck is 10-2 (.833) at home w/ 20 TDs vs. 6 INTs & 87.9 rating. Has 5-1 record vs. NFC. Had career-long 73-yard TD pass in last game vs. NFC (vs. Sea. on 10/6/13). Last week, Luck (10) surpassed JAKE PLUMMER (9) for most game-winning drives by QB in 4th qtr./OT in 1st 2 seasons of career since '70. Since 2012, has 8 rush TDs, most by AFC QB. In past 2, has 6 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 96 rating... Since '12, RB Trent Richardson has 13 rush TDs, 3rd-most in AFC. RB Donald Brown is averaging 6.3 yards per carry in '13... WR T.Y. Hilton has reached 100 rec. yards in 2 of past 3 vs. NFC. Had career-high 3 TDs last week & posted 8th career 100-yard rec. game. In only career mtg vs. StL. (w/ Oak. on 9/19/10), WR Darrius Heyward-Bey had 6 rec. for 80 yards... LB Robert Mathis (11.5) needs half sack to set career high (11.5, '05 & '08). Has 3.5 sacks in past 2 vs. NFC....LB Jerrell Freeman leads team w/ 65 tackles.


Results and Schedule

St. Louis Rams
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 ARI H W 27-24 +3
2 2013-09-15 ATL A L 24-31 -7
3 2013-09-22 DAL A L 7-31 -24
4 2013-09-26 SF H L 11-35 -24
5 2013-10-06 JAC H W 34-20 +14
6 2013-10-13 HOU A W 38-13 +25
7 2013-10-20 CAR A L 15-30 -15
8 2013-10-28 SEA H L 9-14 -5
9 2013-11-03 TEN H L 21-28 -7
10 2013-11-10 IND A    
11   Bye      
12 2013-11-24 CHI H    
13 2013-12-01 SF A    
14 2013-12-08 ARI A    
15 2013-12-15 NO H    
16 2013-12-22 TB H    
17 2013-12-29 SEA A    
   

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   Bye      
9 2013-11-03 HOU A W 27-24 +3
10 2013-11-10 STL H    
11 2013-11-14 TEN A    
12 2013-11-24 ARI A    
13 2013-12-01 TEN H    
14 2013-12-08 CIN A    
15 2013-12-15 HOU H    
16 2013-12-22 KC A    
17 2013-12-29 JAC H    

Injury Report

St. Louis Rams
Doubtful  TE Lance Kendricks (fingers)
 QB Brady Quinn (hip)
Questionable  RB Daryl Richardson (foot)
Probable  MLB James Laurinaitis (hip)
 RB Zac Stacy (foot)
IR  QB Sam Bradford (knee, 10/22/2013)
 DB Matt Daniels (ankle, 9/16/2013)
 SS T.J. McDonald (leg, 9/27/2013)
   

Indianapolis Colts
Out  NT Josh Chapman (knee)
 CB Josh Gordy (groin)
 CB Greg Toler (groin)
Questionable  RB Trent Richardson (ankle)
Probable  WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (head)
 OLB Robert Mathis (shoulder)
IR  TE Dwayne Allen (hip, 9/18/2013)
 RB Vick Ballard (knee, 9/13/2013)
 RB Ahmad Bradshaw (neck, 10/9/2013)
 OLB Lawrence Sidbury Jr. (shoulder, 8/25/2013)
 WR Reggie Wayne (knee, 10/22/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison

  STL
 Offense 
IND
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 20.3 32.7 23.8 IND
Rushing yards 116.3 101.3 113.1 STL
Rushing yards per attempt 4.02 4.39 4.18 IND
Completion % 56.5% 55.1% 61.3% STL
Passing yards 180.0 222.0 239.8 IND
Passing yards per completion 10.10 11.77 11.01 IND
Passing yards per attempt 5.71 6.49 6.75 IND
Interceptions 0.5 0.3 1.0 IND
Fumbles lost 0.8 0.3 0.6 IND
Sacks allowed 2.8 2.0 2.6 IND
3rd down conversions 33.7% 36.9% 38.5% IND
4th down conversions 0.0% 0.0% 48.7% -
Time of possession 30:46 28:07 50:06 STL
  Defense Stats Comparison

  STL
 Defense 
IND
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 23.0 23.7 23.8 STL
Rushing yards 137.3 118.0 113.1 IND
Rushing yards per attempt 4.44 4.31 4.18 IND
Completion % 64.0% 57.5% 61.3% IND
Passing yards 190.8 257.3 239.8 STL
Passing yards per completion 11.68 12.64 11.01 STL
Passing yards per attempt 7.47 7.27 6.75 IND
INT return 1.0 0.7 1.0 STL
Fumble recoveries 0.8 0.3 0.6 STL
Sacks 3.3 2.7 2.6 STL
3rd down conversions 35.6% 32.8% 38.5% IND
4th down conversions 50.0% 33.3% 48.7% IND
Time of possession 29:14 31:53 50:06 STL

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   STL   IND  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 5.0 8.9 9.7 IND
Yards per kick return 24.5 26.4 24.0 IND
Yards allowed per punt return 2.3 6.9 9.7 STL
Yards allowed per kick return 27.3 25.1 24.0 IND
  Misc Stats Comparison

   STL   IND  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 7.5 4.7 6.3 IND
Penalty yards 62.0 38.3 55.3 IND

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 4 to 9 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 4 to 9 with no adjustment.

Weather


Team vs. Team History

St. Louis Rams vs. Indianapolis Colts
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2001 16 2001-12-30 IND STL 17-42 STL
2005 6 2005-10-17 STL IND 28-45 IND
2009 7 2009-10-25 IND STL 42-6 IND

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.