{"id":2531,"date":"2008-11-02T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/falcons-raiders-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-02T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T13:10:00","slug":"falcons-raiders-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/falcons-raiders-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons-Raiders 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 McAfee Coliseum will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Oakland Raiders 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 Falcons listed as 3-point favorites versus the Raiders, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 42. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Falcons lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 27-14 as a 9.5-point underdog in Week 8. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Ryan threw for 277 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Roddy White caught eight passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Raiders lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 29-10 as an 8-point underdog in Week 8. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (34.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">JaMarcus Russell threw for 228 yards with a touchdown and an interception for <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Justin Fargas was held to 24 yards on 12 carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 4-3 SU, 4-3 ATS <br \/>Oakland: 2-5 SU, 3-4 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 2-8<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Oakland most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 2-8<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 3-7<br \/>When playing outside the division are 1-9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Oakland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 17 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 14 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of Oakland&#8217;s last 14 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Oakland is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to New <st1:City><st1:place>Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 9<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><b><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol\"><o:p><font size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/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 McAfee Coliseum will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Oakland Raiders when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Falcons listed as 3-point favorites versus the Raiders, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 42. The Falcons lost to Philadelphia 27-14 as a 9.5-point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/falcons-raiders-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Falcons-Raiders 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-2531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531","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=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}