{"id":18817,"date":"2011-10-22T01:02:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T06:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18817"},"modified":"2011-10-22T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T06:04:14","slug":"week-7-nfl-picks-washingtons-beck-gets-the-start-against-newton-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-7-nfl-picks-washingtons-beck-gets-the-start-against-newton-panthers-18817\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 NFL Picks: Washington’s Beck gets the start against Newton, Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers
\nSunday, 10\/23\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Carolina -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Carolina -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Panthers
Cam Newton and the Panthers are favored for just the second time this season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Washington Redskins will have a new starting quarterback under center on Sunday when they visit the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0 John Beck gets the call for Washington (3-2), replacing Rex Grossman, who threw four interceptions in a 20-13 home loss to the Philadelphia Eagles last week.<\/p>\n

Beck is 0-4 in his previous four career starts, all of which came with the Miami Dolphins when they were 1-15 his rookie year.\u00a0 Grossman turned the ball over 11 times in his five starts this year, and head coach Mike Shanahan is hoping Beck can at least protect the ball.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Panthers (1-5) have just one win this season but have continued to ride rookie QB Cam Newton.\u00a0 They have hung tough in most of their games thanks to Newton, who has helped them to a 4-1 mark against the spread in their past five.<\/p>\n

Carolina (-2.5, 43.5) is favored for only the second time this year and beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 16-10 in Week 3 as 3.5-point favorites.\u00a0 That remains the team\u2019s lone victory, but a favorable matchup against Beck and the Redskins could earn another one.<\/p>\n

Washington blanked the Eagles 10-0 in the second half, but that was after they trailed 20-3 at halftime.\u00a0 The Redskins picked off Philadelphia\u2019s Michael Vick and Vince Young once each but could not contain Vick or running back LeSean McCoy on the ground, as they combined to rush for 180 yards on 35 carries.<\/p>\n

The Panthers also run the ball well behind Newton, DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, who will present another defensive challenge for Washington.\u00a0 The trio totaled 142 rushing yards between them in a 31-17 road loss to the Atlanta Falcons last week and leads a rushing attack that ranks fifth in the NFL since Week 3, averaging 145 per game.<\/p>\n

The problem for Carolina lately has been Newton\u2019s decision-making, as he threw two of his three interceptions in the fourth quarter at Atlanta and has nine overall this season.\u00a0 The Panthers have blown leads in the fourth quarter in three of their five losses.<\/p>\n

Washington has the benefit of knowing that the underdog is 9-0 against the spread in the last nine meetings with Carolina while the road team is 7-2 ATS.\u00a0 The Redskins will be facing a run defense that ranks second to last in the league, surrendering 140.3 yards per game.\u00a0 The Panthers are also just 2-7 ATS in their last nine games against teams with a winning record.<\/p>\n

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

Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers Sunday, 10\/23\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Carolina -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Carolina -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker The Washington Redskins will have a new starting quarterback under center on Sunday when they visit the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0 John Beck gets the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":17237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[279,1772,1930,1922,2757,345,3337],"class_list":["post-18817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-pro-football","tag-washington-redskins","tag-week-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18817","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\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18820,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18817\/revisions\/18820"}],"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=18817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}