{"id":5780,"date":"2009-09-26T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-sports-betting-falcons-vs-patriots\/"},"modified":"2009-09-26T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:17:00","slug":"nfl-sports-betting-falcons-vs-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-sports-betting-falcons-vs-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Sports Betting: Falcons vs Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Gillette Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Falcons defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 28-20 as a 5.5-point favorite in Week 2. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (43.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Ryan passed for 220 yards with three touchdowns and an interception for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Michael Turner rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Patriots lost to the Jets 16-9 as a 3.5-point favorite in Week 2. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tom Brady passed for 216 yards with an interception for <st1:place>New England<\/st1:place> and Fred Taylor rushed for 46 yards on eight carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-0 SU, 2-0 ATS <br \/>New England: 1-1 SU, 0-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n<p><st1:place>New England<\/st1:place> most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 22 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing New England<br \/>Atlanta is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games on the road<br \/>New England is 20-4 SU in its last 24 games at home<br \/>New England is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of New England&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of New England&#8217;s last 9 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 11<br \/><st1:place>New England<\/st1:place> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>a<\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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>The Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Gillette Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. The Falcons defeated Carolina 28-20 as a 5.5-point favorite in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-sports-betting-falcons-vs-patriots\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Sports Betting: Falcons vs Patriots<\/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-5780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5780","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=5780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}