{"id":5345,"date":"2009-08-21T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rams-falcons-betting-line-and-nfl-handicapping-picks-info\/"},"modified":"2009-08-21T14:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T19:26:00","slug":"rams-falcons-betting-line-and-nfl-handicapping-picks-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rams-falcons-betting-line-and-nfl-handicapping-picks-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams-Falcons Betting Line and NFL Handicapping Picks Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It&#8217;s the St. Louis Rams and the Atlanta Falcons. The Dirty Birds are laying 2.5 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/\">BetUs Sportsbook<\/a> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>and 3 at <a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.earnreal.com\/clickthrough.asp?br=27003&amp;aff=1000339&amp;cmp=118021\">Sports Betting Sportsbook<\/a> with a total of 36.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rams starting QB Marc Bulger is out. Journeyman Kyle Boller gets the start. They will again be minus their best WR Donnie Avery. Fellow wideouts Tim Carter and Brooks Foster are also out leaving <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>St.   Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with just seven wide receivers. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>However starting <span class=SpellE>FB<\/span> Mike <span class=SpellE>Karney<\/span> returns after missing the opener. He will be the lead blocker for Steven Jackson. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alex Barron is out at <span class=SpellE>RT<\/span> for the Lambs, so No. 2 overall picks Jason Smith gets the start. His play has improved throughout camp. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Out for <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: CB Chris Houston, LB <st1:City><st1:place>Edmond<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Miles, S William Moore, and DT Jason Jefferson. <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will likely test several young players against the Rams starters. DE Chauncey Davis and DT Trey Lewis will start but head coach Mike Smith said he will rotate players at those positions. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other young Falcons who will get into the game early include CB Christopher Owens, DE Lawrence <span class=SpellE>Sidbury<\/span>, and DT Vance Walker. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>RB Thomas Brown, who saw a lot of time as kick <span class=SpellE>returner<\/span> to <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, is a game time decision. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Smith did indicate that the QB rotation after Matt Ryan will be different than last week, but he did not specify. As point of reference, against <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> it was Chris Redman, <span class=SpellE>D.J<\/span>. Shockley, and John Parker Wilson. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>St. Louis<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> starters will play the first half. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Top expert pick on this game: <\/span><\/font><\/b>No. 6 all-time NFL service based on units won and No. 3 based on winning percentage has their 2009 NFL Preseason Lock of the Year on the Falcons\/Rams. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> this pick from the MasterLockLine. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Because the MasterLockLine monitors each and every one of the nation&#8217;s top sports service, handicappers, tip sheets and syndicates, you will get every Game of the Year play worth betting. Every last one in the industry is yours. That&#8217;s why you get more legitimate service Games of the Year on the MasterLockLine than anyone else. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font color=red><span style='color:red;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\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>It&#8217;s the St. Louis Rams and the Atlanta Falcons. The Dirty Birds are laying 2.5 at BetUs Sportsbook \u00a0and 3 at Sports Betting Sportsbook with a total of 36.\u00a0 Rams starting QB Marc Bulger is out. Journeyman Kyle Boller gets the start. They will again be minus their best WR Donnie Avery. Fellow wideouts Tim &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rams-falcons-betting-line-and-nfl-handicapping-picks-info\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rams-Falcons Betting Line and NFL Handicapping Picks Info<\/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-5345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5345","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=5345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}