{"id":17062,"date":"2011-08-12T09:40:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T14:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2011-08-12T09:37:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T14:37:53","slug":"miami-dolphins-at-atlanta-falcons-pro-football-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/miami-dolphins-at-atlanta-falcons-pro-football-betting-17062\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins at Atlanta Falcons Pro Football Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at Atlanta Falcons<\/strong>
\n Friday, 8\/12\/11, 7:30 PM EST<\/strong>
\n Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -3<\/strong>
\n Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -2<\/strong>
\n Opening Total:\u00a0 33.5<\/strong>
\n Current Total:\u00a0 33<\/strong>
\n Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Falcons<\/a>
The Atlanta Falcons drafted another weapon for quarterback Matt Ryan in this year's NFL draft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami comes into the 2011 campaign after posting consecutive 7-9 seasons under fourth-year head coach Tony Sparano.\u00a0 He will need to coach this game at the Georgia Dome differently than in years past due to the 136-day NFL lockout wreaking havoc on player preparation.\u00a0 \u201cI think when you look at the first preseason game from other years you have a pretty good idea of how far down the road you were from an install standpoint,\u201d Sparano commented.\u00a0 The Dolphins coaching staff has already come out and said its offensive approach tonight is expected to be vanilla in style, which is expected with a lot of new faces on the practice field.\u00a0 Miami has tallied a 10-4 ATS mark when playing as a road underdog the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins would normally have 20 practices under their belts heading into the exhibition opener, but that\u2019s certainly not the case in 2011, as they head into hostile territory having practiced just 11 times.\u00a0 Quarterback Chad Henne is expected to start and will likely try to connect with star wide receiver Brandon Marshall early in the contest.\u00a0 One player that will not see any action is tackle Jake Long, who is still on the physically unable to perform list.\u00a0 Some players will definitely grow from this experience, including first-round pick Mike Pouncey at center.<\/p>\n

Atlanta will be facing Miami for the second consecutive preseason after picking up a 16-6 road win last year.\u00a0 The Falcons have posted a winning record in exhibition action since the 2004 season and are 6-6 under the direction of current head coach Mike Smith.\u00a0 Since Smith has manned the sidelines, the squad is also a dominating 20-4 at the Georgia Dome, which is the second-best home mark over that span.\u00a0 It\u2019s safe to say that the franchise is ready to make the next step after finishing last year with the best record in the NFC, only to be knocked out of the playoffs by eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay.<\/p>\n

The Falcons are eager to see first-round draft pick Julio Jones on the field tonight, as he\u2019ll be lining up opposite Pro Bowl wide receiver Roddy White this season.\u00a0 Atlanta gave up a ton of future picks in order to draft Jones with the No. 6 pick of this year\u2019s draft.\u00a0 \u201cJulio has a great understanding of how to run routes and how to get open,\u201d said Falcons starting quarterback Matt Ryan.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s probably picked it up as fast as anybody I\u2019ve been around.\u201d\u00a0 Both players worked together during the lockout and the chemistry is likely to be evident early in the 2011 campaign.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on an exciting season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports provide you with incredible profits.\u00a0 Get a long term package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at Atlanta Falcons Friday, 8\/12\/11, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 33.5 Current Total:\u00a0 33 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami comes into the 2011 campaign after posting consecutive 7-9 seasons under fourth-year head coach Tony Sparano.\u00a0 He will need to coach this game at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,1027,323,2806,5255,422,320,3722],"class_list":["post-17062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-brandon-marshall","tag-chad-henne","tag-georgia-dome","tag-julio-jones","tag-matt-ryan","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-tony-sparano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062","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=17062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17064,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions\/17064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}