{"id":2311,"date":"2008-10-11T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/bears-falcons-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-11T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:42:00","slug":"bears-falcons-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/bears-falcons-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears-Falcons Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Georgia Dome will be treated to a game between the Chicago Bears and the Atlanta Falcons when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 3-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 43\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears crushed Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 34-7 as a 3-point favorite in Week 5. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kyle Orton passed for 334 yards with two touchdowns for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Devin Hester caught five passes for 66 yards and a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Falcons defeated Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 27-24 as a 5-point underdog in Week 5. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Ryan passed for 194 yards with a pair of touchdowns and an interception for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Michael Turner rushed for 121 yards with a touchdown on 26 carries in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 3-2 SU, 3-1-1<\/st1:date> ATS
Atlanta: 3-2 SU, 3-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 8-2
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 3-7
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on turf are 4-6
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 5 games when playing Atlanta
Chicago is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Atlanta’s last 12 games
Atlanta is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, October 19
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The fans at Georgia Dome will be treated to a game between the Chicago Bears and the Atlanta Falcons when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 3-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 43\u00bd. The Bears crushed Detroit 34-7 as a 3-point favorite … Continue reading Bears-Falcons Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311","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=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}