The Los Angeles Chargers and Indianapolis Colts will finish up Week 16 in the NFL when these two AFC clubs go toe-to-toe on “Monday Night Football” at Lucas Oil Stadium.
These two teams are moving in entirely different directions as the regular season reaches its final turn. For the Colts, they are already eliminated from playoff contention and are trotting out Nick Foles to start this game, triggering yet another quarterback change. This is the second time this season that Matt Ryan has been benched and interim head coach Jeff Saturday noted that the plan is for Foles to start the rest of the way. As for the Chargers, they have much higher aspirations than simply playing out the string and could clinch their first playoff berth since 2018 with a win on Monday night. With that in mind, this game does have the power to impact the overall playoff picture in the AFC.
Here, we’ll specifically be looking at the different betting angles that this game has to offer. Along with the spread and total, we’ll also take a look at several player props and hand in our picks for how we see this showdown unfolding.
All NFL odds via Caesars Sportsbook.
How to watch
Date: Monday, Dec. 26 | Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
Location: Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
TV: ESPN | Stream: fuboTV (try for free)
Follow: CBS Sports App
Odds: Chargers -4, O/U 45.5
Line movement
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The Chargers opened as a 3-point favorite over Indy on the lookahead line and started to swing even more into L.A.’s favor as the game drew closer. Coming out of Week 15, the Chargers moved out to as a 4-point favorite and it ticked up a half-point following the news that Nick Foles would be starting for the Colts. However, it has since come down and settled at Chargers -4 as of Monday morning.
The pick: Chargers -4. This is admittedly not the strongest way to attack this game. While L.A. should win, they have been unable to blow teams out of the water despite having Justin Herbert under center. Each of their…
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