{"id":17749,"date":"2011-09-16T08:53:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17749"},"modified":"2011-09-16T08:53:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T13:53:54","slug":"pro-football-betting-green-bay-packers-at-carolina-panthers-handicapping-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-betting-green-bay-packers-at-carolina-panthers-handicapping-preview-17749\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Betting: Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers Handicapping Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers
\nSunday, 9\/18\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton impressed many in his NFL debut last week against Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay finally gets back on the field after opening the 2011 NFL season with a 42-34 win over the New Orleans Saints as four-point favorites.\u00a0 The Packers own a 6-4 all-time lead in this series, including a 4-2 mark in Carolina.\u00a0 Head coach Mike McCarthy has done a splendid job of preparing his squad for life on the road to start the season, entering Sunday with a five-game winning streak in openers away from Lambeau Field, which is the longest such streak in the league.\u00a0 The team is also a fantastic 12-6 in the month of September under his direction.\u00a0 Green Bay is 25-12 ATS over the last two-plus seasons and 18-10 ATS as a favorite over that span.<\/p>\n

The Packers were led by the offensive exploits of quarterback Aaron Rodgers again, throwing for 312 yards and three touchdowns, which served as his 15th career game of going over the 300-yard plateau.\u00a0 He has enjoyed quite a stretch, throwing for 2,039 yards, 17 touchdowns and just three interceptions over his last seven games, including the playoffs.\u00a0 Defensively, the team spent the last week focusing on playing the pass, as it was torched by Saints quarterback Drew Brees in the opener.\u00a0 After all, Green Bay allowed just 194.2 passing yards a year ago.<\/p>\n

Carolina dropped a 28-21 contest to the Arizona Cardinals to open the season as seven-point road underdogs, but found its franchise quarterback.\u00a0 The Panthers elected to use the No. 1 overall pick in this year\u2019s NFL draft to select Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton, who ended up throwing for 422 yards and two touchdowns in the opener.\u00a0 It was an unexpected performance due to his completing percentage being under 50 percent during four preseason games.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s going to be a lot more things I can look back on,\u201d commented Newton after the game.\u00a0 \u201cYou have to capitalize and get points when it matters.\u201d\u00a0 Carolina is 6-0 ATS as a home underdog of 7.5 to 10 points and the \u2018under\u2019 is 5-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Panthers were also happy that wide receiver Steve Smith had a breakout game, catching eight passes for 178 yards, which was his most receiving yards since Oct. 15, 2006.\u00a0 \u201cIn this offense, there are going to be times when I\u2019m the focal point,\u201d Smith commented at practice this week.\u00a0 \u201cWhen other guys are getting involved, it\u2019s fun.\u201d\u00a0 Defensively, the franchise is still getting over a major injury that it suffered against Arizona, as linebacker Jon Beason suffered a season-ending injury.\u00a0 Carolina will be looking to win just its second home opener in eight tries.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Packers due to their 4-0 ATS mark on the road, while the Panthers are 0-7 ATS versus winning teams.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers Sunday, 9\/18\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 46.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Green Bay finally gets back on the field after opening the 2011 NFL season with a 42-34 win over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,3365,279,1119,3609,2034],"class_list":["post-17749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-mike-mccarthy","tag-steve-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17749","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=17749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17750,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17749\/revisions\/17750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}