8:22 pm
November 4

Jets @ Colts

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Jets (2-5)

@ Indianapolis Colts (3-5)

 

Current odds:

New York Jets: (+400)

Indianapolis Colts: (-550)

 

• The spread for the game is Indianapolis by 10 points.

• Mike White woke up as a relative unknown on Sunday but he’ll be soaking up the national spotlight four nights later when the New York Jets visit the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday night. The 26-year-old White became an instant cult hero when he started in place of an injured Zach Wilson. He completed 37 of 45 passes for 405 yards and three touchdowns during a 34-31 home win over the Cincinnati Bengals in his first career NFL start. White tossed the decisive 13-yard scoring pass to tight end Tyler Kroft and he joined Cam Newton (422 yards in 2011 for the Carolina Panthers) as the only quarterbacks to top 400 yards in their first career starts.

• White split his college career at South Florida and Western Kentucky. He passed for more than 4,000 yards in each of his two campaigns with the Hilltoppers and the Cowboys took a flier on him. Dallas released White among the final cuts prior to the 2019 season. The Jets later added him to the practice squad but he didn’t see the field until Wilson departed with a sprained right knee during a 54-13 loss to the New England Patriots on Oct. 24. White did low-key preparation for the start against the Bengals and even caught a two-point conversion pass on a trick play.

• The Colts are in must-win mode as they enter a two-game stretch of games against the lowly Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars. Indianapolis lost 34-31 in overtime to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Quarterback Carson Wentz threw one interception with less than two minutes left in regulation and another in overtime.

• Wentz had been intercepted just once all season before the double dose of miscues. He has passed for 1,926 yards and 14 touchdowns. The second-year duo of running back Jonathan Taylor and receiver Michael Pittman Jr. have been thriving for the Colts. Taylor ranks second in the NFL with 649 rushing yards. Pittman leads Indianapolis with 45 receptions and 594 yards and is tied for the team lead with four scoring catches.

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