{"id":3102,"date":"2008-12-20T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/falcons-vikings-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T22:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:24:00","slug":"falcons-vikings-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/falcons-vikings-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons-Vikings Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 3-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 43. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Falcons defeated Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 13-10 in overtime as a 5.5-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (43.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael Turner rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on 32 carries for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Matt Ryan passed for 206 yards with a pair of interceptions. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings upset Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 35-14 as a 4.5-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (46.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tavaris Jackson passed for 163 yards with four touchdown passes for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Adrian Peterson rushed for 164 yards on 28 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 9-5 SU, 8-6 ATS
Minnesota: 9-5 SU, 6-8 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 2-8
When playing on turf are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n

Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing in December are 5-5
When playing on turf are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Atlanta’s last 20 games on the road
Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Atlanta is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta’s last 9 games
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 8 games
Minnesota is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Atlanta<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to St.<\/st1:place> Louis, Sunday, December 28
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to NY Giants, Sunday, December 28<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at The Metrodome. Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 3-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 43. The Falcons defeated Tampa Bay 13-10 in overtime as a 5.5-point … Continue reading Falcons-Vikings 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-3102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102","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=3102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}