{"id":19316,"date":"2011-11-11T16:23:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T21:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19316"},"modified":"2011-11-11T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T21:23:48","slug":"nfl-week-10-picks-new-orleans-saints-vs-atlanta-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-10-picks-new-orleans-saints-vs-atlanta-falcons-19316\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 10 Picks: New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
\nSunday, 11\/13\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans PK
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cowboys<\/a>
The New Orleans Saints will look to extend their half-time lead in the division Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans has alternated wins and losses over the past five games, coming off a 27-16 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as nine-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Saints are back on the road again, playing their fifth road game since the beginning of October.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cCoach Payton kind of hit that note this week,\u201d commented Saints running back Chris Ivory.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s November, and it will say a lot about this team and where we stand.\u201d\u00a0 The team currently sits atop the NFC South division, leading Sunday\u2019s opponent by a half game.\u00a0 New Orleans is 5-10 ATS versus division opponents the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Saints possess a dynamic offense that leads the NFL in total offense and checks in at No. 2 in terms of scoring.\u00a0 New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees is enjoying another fantastic year, throwing a touchdown pass in 36 consecutive games.\u00a0 He certainly knows how to pilot this franchise during this month on the calendar, putting a nine-game win streak on the line during November Sunday inside the Georgia Dome.\u00a0 The rushing attack has a trio of capable backs, led by Darren Sproles, who has gained 347 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n

Atlanta has won and covered three consecutive games, while the \u2018under\u2019 has cashed in five of six.\u00a0 The Falcons hold a 45-38 all-time edge in this series, but are just 2-4 under the direction of current head coach Mike Smith.\u00a0 Both teams won on each other\u2019s home field a year ago, with Atlanta dropping a 17-14 contest as two-point home favorites on Dec. 27, 2010, being held to just 215 yards.\u00a0 After the midpoint of the season, quarterback Matt Ryan is on pace for his second 4,000-yard season.\u00a0 Atlanta is 7-3 ATS in November the past two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have some major weapons on the outside with rookie wide receiver Julio Jones and veteran Roddy White, but running back Michael Turner continues to be the key player.\u00a0 He has scored 46 touchdowns in 51 games since signing with the franchise before the 2008 season, while helping the offense average 30.0 points per game in its five wins this year.\u00a0 Jones enjoyed his biggest game of his rookie campaign, catching three passes for 131 yards in last week\u2019s 31-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts as seven-point road favorites.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Saints due to their 8-3 ATS mark versus winning teams, while the Falcons are 10-21-1 ATS when hosting a winning road team.<\/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":"

New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Sunday, 11\/13\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans PK Opening Total:\u00a0 51.5 Current Total:\u00a0 50 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Orleans has alternated wins and losses over the past five games, coming off a 27-16 win over the Tampa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,1034,2806,422,427],"class_list":["post-19316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-drew-brees","tag-georgia-dome","tag-matt-ryan","tag-new-orleans-saints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316","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=19316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19317,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316\/revisions\/19317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}