{"id":5661,"date":"2009-09-19T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-point-spread-panthers-vs-falcons\/"},"modified":"2009-09-19T21:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T02:53:00","slug":"nfl-point-spread-panthers-vs-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-point-spread-panthers-vs-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Point Spread: Panthers vs Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons meet at Georgia Dome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Falcons listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game’s total is sitting at 42\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Panthers lost to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 38-10 as a 2.5-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (43.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jake Delhomme passed for 73 yards with four interceptions for Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and DeAngelo Williams rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Falcons defeated Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 19-7 as a 4-point favorite in Week 1. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Ryan passed for 229 yards with a pair of touchdowns for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Tony Gonzalez caught five passes for 73 yards and a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-1 SU, 0-1 ATS
Atlanta: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carolina most recently:
When playing in September are 6-4
When playing on turf are 6-4
After being outgained are 9-1
When playing within the division are 6-4<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing in September are 4-6
When playing on turf are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 3-7
When playing within the division are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Carolina’s last 9 games
Carolina is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games
Atlanta is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina
Atlanta is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Carolina<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, September 28
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New England<\/st1:place>, Sunday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons meet at Georgia Dome. Oddsmakers currently have the Falcons listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game’s total is sitting at 42\u00bd. The Panthers lost to Philadelphia 38-10 as a 2.5-point underdog on Sunday. … Continue reading NFL Point Spread: Panthers vs Falcons<\/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-5661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661","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=5661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}