{"id":6076,"date":"2009-10-18T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-odds-bears-vs-falcons\/"},"modified":"2009-10-18T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T15:44:00","slug":"nfl-odds-bears-vs-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-odds-bears-vs-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Odds: Bears vs Falcons"},"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 Chicago Bears and the Atlanta Falcons will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Georgia Dome. <?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 Falcons listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 46. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jay Cutler threw two TD strikes and ran for a score in Week 4 to lead the Bears to a 48-24 win over the Lions. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bears had no trouble covering the 9.5-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total (43). <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>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 45-10 as a pick&#8217;em in Week 5. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (39.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Michael Turner rushed for 97 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Roddy White caught eight passes for 210 yards and two touchdowns in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 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>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 3-1 SU, 3-1 ATS <br \/>Atlanta: 3-1 SU, 3-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 6-4<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 UNDER in 5 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>Chicago is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Chicago is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Chicago<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago<br \/>Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 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>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 25<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/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 Chicago Bears and the Atlanta Falcons will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Georgia Dome. Oddsmakers currently have the Falcons listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 46. Jay Cutler threw two TD strikes and ran for a score &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-odds-bears-vs-falcons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Odds: Bears vs Falcons<\/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-6076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076","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=6076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}