{"id":2946,"date":"2008-12-07T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/falcons-saints-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-07T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T14:56:00","slug":"falcons-saints-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/falcons-saints-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons-Saints Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The division rival Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints are set to renew hostilities on Sunday when they meet at Louisiana Superdome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 3-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 51\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Falcons upset San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 22-16 as a 5.5-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (48). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Ryan passed for 207 yards with a pair of touchdowns for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Michael Turner rushed for 120 yards on 31 carries in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Saints lost to Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 23-20 as a 4.5-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Drew Brees threw for296 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions for New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Marques Colston had six receptions for 106 yards. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-4 SU, 8-4 ATS
New Orleans: 6-6 SU, 8-4 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 3-7
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/p>\n

New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 5-5
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the division are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
New Orleans is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
New Orleans is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of New Orleans’s last 11 games at home
New Orleans is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay, Sunday, December 14
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, December 11<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The division rival Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints are set to renew hostilities on Sunday when they meet at Louisiana Superdome. Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 3-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 51\u00bd. The Falcons upset San Diego 22-16 as a 5.5-point underdog last week. The … Continue reading Falcons-Saints 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-2946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946","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=2946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}