{"id":18468,"date":"2011-10-09T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18468"},"modified":"2011-10-09T10:10:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T15:10:41","slug":"sunday-night-football-predictions-green-bay-packers-vs-atlanta-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-night-football-predictions-green-bay-packers-vs-atlanta-falcons-18468\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Night Football Predictions: Green Bay Packers vs. Atlanta Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons
\nSunday, 10\/9\/11, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 53
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 53
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones has become a favorite target for QB Matt Ryan through four games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay travels to Atlanta for a nationally-televised contest against Atlanta, as this will be the third meeting between the two teams over the past year.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s definitely going to have a playoff feel,\u201d commented Packers head coach Mike McCarthy.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re fully aware of how they feel about us.\u201d\u00a0 The Packers ended the Falcons season last year with a 48-21 win as one-point road underdogs inside tonight\u2019s venue during the playoffs. \u00a0 \u00a0 Including postseason games, the team has won 10 consecutive games, which is the longest streak for the franchise since the 1961-62 seasons.\u00a0 Green Bay is 16-5 in Sunday night contests and 14-8 ATS on the road.<\/p>\n

The Packers lead the NFL in scoring 37 points a game, as their 148 points this season are the most in franchise history through the first four games of a season.\u00a0 Green Bay is led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who ranks first in the league with a 124.6 passer rating, while throwing 12 touchdown passes and his 1,325 passing yards are the most for any signal caller in the franchise\u2019s history.\u00a0 In last week\u2019s win over Denver, Rodgers became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 400 passing yards, four touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a game.<\/p>\n

Atlanta has alternated wins and losses in its first four games of the year, coming away with a 30-28 win over the Seattle Seahawks as six-point road favorites last week.\u00a0 The Falcons have already picked up a home underdog upset on Sunday Night Football earlier this year, grabbing a 35-31 win over the Philadelphia Eagles when getting 2.5 points.\u00a0 Running back Michael Turner is likely to play a big role in this game, as he ran for 231 yards on 49 carries in two games against the Packers before being limited to just 39 yards in last year\u2019s playoff loss.\u00a0 Atlanta is 4-15 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 7 points.<\/p>\n

The Falcons are led by quarterback Matt Ryan, who is 2-0 against the Packers during the regular season, completing 74 percent of his passes for 391 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.\u00a0 His quarterback rating is 104.8 in those games, while the team is 16-0 when he finishes a game over the century mark in that category.\u00a0 Wide receiver Julio Jones has become a favorite target in the offense during his rookie season, setting a single-game franchise record with 11 receptions last week and has totaled 242 yards over the last two games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Falcons due to their 5-1 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Packers are 0-4 ATS in Week 5.<\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons Sunday, 10\/9\/11, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 53 Current Total:\u00a0 53 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Green Bay travels to Atlanta for a nationally-televised contest against Atlanta, as this will be the third meeting between the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,123,1119,422,423],"class_list":["post-18468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-matt-ryan","tag-michael-turner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468","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=18468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18470,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468\/revisions\/18470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}