New York at Indianapolis

As predicted last week, Indianapolis fell as a six point favorite to the Jaguars. They may face a similar fate again this week. The best receiver in the game, Indy’s Marvin Harrison is listed as doubtful this game. Even without this major hit, Indianapolis’ offense, which looked unstoppable early in the season, is showing cracks. “Something wasn’t right” Harrison said about their offensive performance last week. There is dissention in the ranks as both Harrison and Edgerrin James have started publicly complaining about their role in the offense. The Colts have squandered two half-time leads out of their last four games. On the other side of the ball, I think this could be a breakout game for Jets QB Chad Pennington. He definitely had some rust to shake off after missing most of the first half of the season. But he’s showing signs that he may be getting his groove back. Last week Pennington engineered an impressive fourth quarter/overtime comeback victory over Oakland. The week before that, he rallied his team from a 2 TD deficit only to lose the game after kicker Doug Brien missed what should have been an easy game-winning field goal. It looks like the Jets could be getting back two key defensive starters in the secondary, Donnie Abraham and Jon McGraw (both listed as questionable). The Jets are up-and-coming while the Colts are headed in the opposite direction. Take the points.