{"id":2848,"date":"2008-11-29T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/falcons-chargers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-29T23:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T04:57:00","slug":"falcons-chargers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/falcons-chargers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons-Chargers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Falcons and the San Diego Chargers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Qualcomm Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Chargers listed as 5-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 49. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Falcons defeated Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 45-28 as a 2.5-point favorite last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael Turner rushed for 117 yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Matt Ryan completed 17-of-27 passes for 259 yards in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Chargers lost to Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 23-20 as a 2.5-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (49). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philip Rivers threw for 288 yards with two touchdowns for San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 84 yards on 21 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-4 SU, 7-4 ATS
San Diego: 4-7 SU, 4-6-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta most recently:
When playing in November are 5-5
When playing on grass are 3-7
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/p>\n

San Diego most recently:
When playing in November are 6-4
When playing on grass are 4-6
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing outside the division are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego
Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego’s last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego’s last 7 games
San Diego is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home
San Diego is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 7
San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, December 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Falcons and the San Diego Chargers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Qualcomm Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Chargers listed as 5-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 49. The Falcons defeated Carolina 45-28 as a 2.5-point favorite last week. The … Continue reading Falcons-Chargers 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-2848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848","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=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}