Packers begin home schedule against Colts after both teams lost their openers

Indianapolis (0-1) at Green Bay (0-1)

Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox

BetMGM NFL Chances: Colts by 3 1/2

Series record: Colts lead 23-21-1

Versus the spread: Indianapolis 1-0; Green Bay 0-1

Last conference: Colts won 34-31 at Indianapolis in overtime on Nov. 22, 2020.

Recently: Colts lost 29-27 in the house to Houston Texans; Packers lost 34-29 to Philadelphia Eagles at Sao Paulo

Colts offense: total (16 ), rush (19 ), pass (14-T), scoring (11-T)

Colts defense: total (31 ), rush (32 ), pass (22 ), scoring (25-T)

Packers offense: total (3 ), rush (7-T), pass (7 ), scoring (7-T)

Packers defense: total (29 ), rush (23 ), pass (27 ), scoring (29-T)

Turnover differential: Colts minus-1, Packers plus-2

Colts gamer to enjoy

QB Anthony Richardson. Injuries restricted him to just 4 video games before going through season-ending surgical treatment last October. He had a motivating start to his 2nd season by tossing for 212 lawns with 2 goals and one interception while likewise hurrying 6 times for 56 lawns and a rating. Precision stays a problem. He went 9 of 19 through the air versus Houston.

Packers gamer to enjoy

QB Malik Willis. The 2022 third-round choice from Liberty is on track to begin for the Packers less than 3 weeks after they got him from the Tennessee Titans. Willis would be beginning in location of Jordan Love, who hurt his left median security ligament on the third-to-last play of the Packers’ loss to the Eagles. Willis has actually made 3 profession begins– all in his novice year– and didn’t toss for as lots of as 100 lawns in any of them.

Secret match

Colts running video game vs. Packers run defense: Run defense has actually been among Green Bay’s significant weak points for years, and the battles continued in Jeff Hafley’s launching as protective organizer. Saquon Barkley hurried for 109 lawns on 24 reaches lead Philadelphia’s 144-yard hurrying attack. Dealing with a mobile quarterback in Jalen Injures and an elite running back in Barkley a minimum of prepared the Packers for what they’ll deal with Sunday in attempting to consist of Richardson and Jonathan Taylor.

Secret injuries

Love hasn’t been practicing because hurting his left median security ligament versus the Eagles. … Packers RB MarShawn Lloyd (hamstring) has actually practiced today after missing out on the Eagles video game. … Colts CB JuJu Brents went on hurt reserve Tuesday with a knee injury. … Colts DT DeForest Buckner injured his back throughout last weekend’s loss. Choices about the schedule of Colts WR Josh Downs (high ankle sprain) and K Matt Gay (hernia) will not be made till later on in the week. Downs hasn’t played because getting injured in early August. Gay remained the Houston video game.

Series notes

Indianapolis has actually won its previous 3 matches with Green Bay, though each of them has actually been chosen by 5 or less points. … The winning group has actually scored 30 or more points in each of the previous 5 video games. … The Packers and Colts were department competitors who played each other twice every season from 1953-1966. That dropped in 1967, when the NFL was straightened to prepare for the NFL-AFL merger. … The Packers are 12-9 versus the Colts in the house. … The franchises have a combined overall of 58 Pro Football Hall of Famers. That list consists of Ted Hendricks, who bet both groups.

Statistics and things

Indianapolis is 0-10-1 in its previous 11 season openers however has actually just begun 0-2 twice the previous 6 years, in 2021. … The Colts ran 43 plays and just had the ball for 20 minutes recently, permitting Houston to have a two-to-one benefit in ownership time. … Richardson finished 3 tosses of more than 50 lawns in Week 1, consisting of 2 for TDs, however just finished 6 of his other 16 tosses for 41 lawns with one interception in the loss to Houston. Richardson likewise ran for a TD, his 5th in 5 profession video games. … Colts WR Alec Pierce captured 3 passes for a career-high 125 lawns in Week 1, consisting of a 60-yard TD catch. … Former Wisconsin star Jonathan Taylor has actually scored in a league-best 6 successive video games and will attempt to extend that streak in his very first professional video game at Lambeau Field. He requires 17 lawns hurrying to pass Tom Matte (4,646 lawns) for 6th on the Colts profession list. … Colts WR Michael Pittman Jr. had 10 video games with 8 or more receptions in 2023. He had 4 recently. … Colts securities Nick Cross and Julian Blackmon both rank amongst the league’s leading 5 in takes on after getting 14 and 13 respectively versus the Texans. … Indianapolis sacked 2023 AP Offensive Novice of the Year C.J. Stroud 4 times recently. … Green Bay hurried for 163 lawns versus the Eagles. That was the greatest single-game overall the Packers have actually ever gotten on 21 or less brings. … Packers WR Jayden Reed had a 70-yard TD catch and a 33-yard TD run versus the Eagles, making him simply the 5th gamer because the 1970 NFL-AFL merger to have a TD reception of a minimum of 70 lawns and a TD run of a minimum of 30 lawns in the very same video game. He likewise had a 38-yard TD reception nullified due to the fact that of balancing out charges. … The Packers had 3 takeaways versus the Eagles to match the greatest overall by any NFL group. … The Packers scored TDs on simply among their 4 red zone chances in the Eagles video game. They went for basket on the other 3 drives. Packers novice K Brayden Narveson went 3 of 4 on field-goal efforts in his launching, with his only miss out on originating from 43 lawns.

Dream pointer

Reed’s impressive efficiency versus the Eagles makes him look like an apparent option to have in your lineups, however it may be a good idea to keep away from all Packers receivers till Love go back to action. Willis has actually been a lot more efficient as a runner than as a passer so far in his NFL profession.