{"id":2231,"date":"2008-10-04T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/patriots-49ers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-04T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T23:44:00","slug":"patriots-49ers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/patriots-49ers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots-49ers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at Candlestick Park will be treated to a game between the New England Patriots and the San Francisco 49ers when they take their seats on Sunday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 3-point favorites versus the 49ers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 41. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Patriots lost to Miami 38-13 as a 12.5-point favorite in Week 3. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (37). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Cassel completed 19-of-31 passes for 131 yards with a touchdown and an interception for New England, while Wes Welker caught six passes for 55 yards. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The 49ers lost to New Orleans 31-17 as a 7-point underdog in Week 4. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (48.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">J.T. O&#8217;Sullivan threw for 257 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for San Francisco, while Arnaz Battle had seven catches for 120 yards. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>New England: 2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS <br \/>San Francisco: 2-2 SU, 2-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New England most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 10-0<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing outside the division are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 2-8<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 0-10<br \/>When playing outside the division are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>New England is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>New England is 20-2 SU in its last 22 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New England&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New England&#8217;s last 5 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 5 games when playing New England<br \/>San Francisco is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing New England<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>New England at San Diego, Sunday, October 12<br \/>San Francisco home to Philadelphia, Sunday, October 12<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Candlestick Park will be treated to a game between the New England Patriots and the San Francisco 49ers when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 3-point favorites versus the 49ers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 41. The Patriots lost to Miami 38-13 as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/patriots-49ers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Patriots-49ers Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}