{"id":10365,"date":"2010-11-06T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10365"},"modified":"2010-11-06T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T03:00:07","slug":"nfl-expert-picks-new-york-jets-at-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-expert-picks-new-york-jets-at-detroit-lions-10365\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Expert Picks: New York Jets at Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Jets at Detroit Lions
\nSunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 New York -230 \/ Detroit +190<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson will need a big game matched up with DB Darrelle Revis for his team to pull off an upset over the Jets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York entered its bye week with many believing that head coach Rex Ryan may have been right to state that his team was the best in football, but it was short lived after a humiliating 9-0 home loss to the Packers.\u00a0 \u201cWe had plenty of opportunities,\u201d said Ryan.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t execute very well.\u201d\u00a0 Quarterback Mark Sanchez threw two interceptions for the second straight games after managing to navigate through the first five games with no mistakes.\u00a0 Ryan would actually like to see Sanchez be more aggressive in picking up first downs with his feet in crucial situations.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you have a quarterback that can run for a couple of first downs, that\u2019s extra possessions,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 The team is 3-0 ATS on the road this year and 13-8 ATS over the last three campaigns, which has them listed as a small road favorite on the NFL lines page.<\/p>\n

The Jets have been patient with their second-year quarterback, but he\u2019s carrying a 53.0 passer rating, which is the lowest of any NFL quarterback with 100 or more pass attempts this season.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not in his DNA to really pout about what happened,\u201d said offensive tackle Damien Woody.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a fighter.\u00a0 He\u2019ll put that game behind him.\u201d\u00a0 Defensively, New York\u2019s star cornerback Darrelle Revis is now 100 percent and will draw the assignment of covering Lions superstar wideout Calvin Johnson.\u00a0 New York has won the previous two matchups in this series after losing all four meetings from 1991-2000.<\/p>\n

Detroit has won their last two home games against the Rams and Redskins by an average of 25 points, but that streak will certainly be tested against one of the best teams in football.\u00a0 \u201cThere are a lot of challenges for us in this game,\u201d said head coach Jim Schwartz.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to protect our quarterback, we need to be able to run the football, we need to be able to make big plays.\u201d\u00a0 The Lions are averaging an NFC-best 28.2 points per game since Week 2 and have averaged 37.7 in three home games.\u00a0 Detroit is 6-1 ATS this season and 3-0 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Lions were happy to see quarterback Matthew Stafford shake off the rust of playing in his first game since Week 1 by throwing three touchdown passes in the second-half of last week\u2019s 37-25 win over Washington.\u00a0 \u201cMatthew and I talked before the game in warmups,\u201d said Johnson.\u00a0 \u201cWe started off flat, but I saw what he saw and vice versa.\u201d\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the key matchup is the defensive line against the physical front of the Jets.\u00a0 Detroit was able to shut down the Redskins and make them one-dimensional, but this attack is far different.<\/p>\n

Bettors may jump in playing the Jets due to their 5-0 ATS mark as a road favorite of 3.5 to 10 points, while the Lions are 7-20 ATS in their last 27 games as an underdog of that type.<\/p>\n

The gridiron season is in full gear and the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports are releasing a 20-unit NFL Game of the Year this week.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss out on this fantastic play!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Jets at Detroit Lions Sunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 New York -230 \/ Detroit +190 New York entered its bye week with many believing that head coach Rex Ryan may have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2753,1762,542,624,486,616,356,631],"class_list":["post-10365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-darrelle-revis","tag-detroit-lions","tag-jim-schwartz","tag-mark-sanchez","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-new-york-jets","tag-rex-ryan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10366,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10365\/revisions\/10366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}