{"id":5782,"date":"2009-09-26T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-handicapping-packers-vs-rams\/"},"modified":"2009-09-26T19:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:24:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-packers-vs-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-handicapping-packers-vs-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Packers vs Rams"},"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 fans at Edward Jones Dome will be treated to a game between the Green Bay Packers and the St. Louis Rams when they take their seats on Sunday. <?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 Packers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 41\u00bd. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Packers lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 31-24 as a 7.5-point favorite in Week 2. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Aaron Rodgers passed for 261 yards with a touchdown for <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Donald Driver caught six passes for 99 yards with a TD. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Rams lost to <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 9-7 as a 10-point underdog in Week 2. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (37). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Marc Bulger threw for 123 yards with a touchdown for <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Laurent Robinson caught six passes for 54 yards with a TD. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-1 SU, <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Street><st1:address>1-1 ATS <br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> Louis: 0-2 SU, 1-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Green Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 0-10<br \/>When playing on turf are 1-9<br \/>After being outgained are 1-9<br \/>When playing outside the division are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Green Bay&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis<br \/>Green Bay is 12-5-1 ATS in its last 18 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Green Bay&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Green Bay&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Green Bay<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Green Bay<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, October 5<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/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 fans at Edward Jones Dome will be treated to a game between the Green Bay Packers and the St. Louis Rams when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Packers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 41\u00bd. The Packers lost to Cincinnati 31-24 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-handicapping-packers-vs-rams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Handicapping: Packers vs Rams<\/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-5782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782","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=5782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}