{"id":6157,"date":"2009-10-24T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-falcons-vs-cowboys\/"},"modified":"2009-10-24T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T03:50:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-falcons-vs-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-falcons-vs-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Falcons vs Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Cowboys Stadium will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Dallas Cowboys when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cowboys listed as 4-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 47\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Falcons defeated Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 21-14 as a 4-point favorite in Week 6. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (46). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Ryan passed for 154 yards with a pair of touchdowns for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Roddy White caught four passes for 56 yards with a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cowboys defeated Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 26-20 as a 7-point favorite in Week 5. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (43.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mile Austin<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> caught 10 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns for Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Tony Romo passed for 351 yards with two touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 4-1 SU, 4-1 ATS
Dallas: 3-2 SU, 2-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on turf are 7-3
After being outgained are 8-2
When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n

Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Atlanta is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas’s last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Dallas is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
Dallas is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, November 2
Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Cowboys Stadium will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Dallas Cowboys when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Cowboys listed as 4-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game’s total is sitting at 47\u00bd. The Falcons defeated Chicago 21-14 as a 4-point favorite … Continue reading NFL Handicapping: Falcons vs Cowboys<\/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-6157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6157","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=6157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}