The New England Patriots are rested and fresh having enjoyed missing round one of the NFL Playoffs, and now welcome the surging Indianapolis Colts to Gillette Stadium. This AFC Divisional Playoff football game will be played in a cold rain when we watch Colts vs Patriots online free live streaming on CBS Sports.
New England earned their first-round bye and an AFC East crown when they won a series of come-from-behind wins in the second half of the season. Though they are the favored team to win today at home against the Colts in cold temperatures, the Patriots have several injury issues and a quarterback who has not been his normal All-Pro self over the course of the 2013-14 NFL season despite the team’s success.
With Brandon Spikes sidelined, Dane Fletcher will get the start at linebacker along with a group of other linebackers that have been patched together over the course of the season. Whereas the linebacking corps for the Patriots has been a sore spot, cornerbacks Aqib Talib and Logan Ryan have combined for nine interceptions and quickly evolved into one of the best one-two cornerback combinations in the NFL.
Tom Brady has registered the lowest quarterback rating of his career at 87.3, but his down year hasn’t been entirely his fault. The loss of Wes Welker to the Broncos has played a huge role with Brady adapting to a new receiver corps that has dropped more than its fair share of passes. Watch Patriots vs Colts free streaming live online on CBS this evening to see if Brady can lead his team to a win and get that quarterback rating over 100.
Andrew Luck proved once again that he’s the modern day master of pulling out tight victories when we won his 14th game decided by a touchdown or less in 16 tries in helping defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 45-44 in last week’s AFC wild card game. What was supposed to be a low scoring game turned into a shootout with Luck not losing his composure after a series of interceptions, eventually throwing for four touchdowns and over 440 yards.
The last time the Patriots and Colts played was in November 2012 with New England easily coasting to a 59-24 win. Luck had an especially rough game against the Patriots secondary in throwing three interceptions with two touchdowns and 334 yards. Brady was on fire with no interceptions, three touchdowns and 331 yards. Ty Hilton was a rookie in that game, and he torched the Chiefs for 224 yards last week making him a much bigger threat.
Saturday’s AFC Divisional Playoff NFL football game between the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots has a start time of 8:15pm EST / 5:15pm PST. CBS Sports is carrying the game over the air so you will want to flip through your local listings to find what is the CBS Sports channel number where you live to watch Patriots vs Colts on your TV in full high definition (HD).
For fans without TV access today, CBS is offering a free live online stream of the NFL Playoffs including today’s AFC Divisional Playoff of Colts vs Patriots that can be watched here. This gives viewers the opportunity to watch the AFC Divisional Playoff NFL game online free streaming live Patriots vs Colts on a phone, iPad, laptop, computer or other device, as well as watch a Colts vs Patriots replay later on.
This is a tough game to call, but I feel like the Colts are in a better rhythm right now and will upset the Patriots by a final score of four points or less to advance to the AFC Championship game next weekend.
