{"id":19523,"date":"2011-11-20T09:51:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19523"},"modified":"2011-11-20T09:51:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T14:51:48","slug":"nfl-picks-week-11-carolina-panthers-vs-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-11-carolina-panthers-vs-detroit-lions-19523\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 11: Carolina Panthers vs. Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers at Detroit Lions<\/strong>
\n Sunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX<\/strong>
\n Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -7<\/strong>
\n Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -6.5<\/strong>
\n Opening Total:\u00a0 49<\/strong>
\n Current Total:\u00a0 47.5<\/strong>
\n Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Carolina Panthers are led offensively by rookie quarterback Cam Newton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carolina really has nothing to lose walking into Ford Field Sunday afternoon, coming in with a 2-7 record and no real chance in making the playoffs.\u00a0 The Panthers will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak that includes a humiliating 30-3 loss to the Tennessee Titans last week as 3.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t do anything right,\u201d commented Panthers tight end Greg Olsen.\u00a0 \u201cThere isn\u2019t one thing that we can hang our hat on.\u00a0 It was just an overall pathetic performance.\u201d\u00a0 Carolina has tallied a 3-2 ATS mark as an underdog this year, while going 2-1 ATS against other NFC North opponents.<\/p>\n

The Panthers will need to get their once powerful running game in gear to help keep pressure off rookie quarterback Cam Newton.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get the run going,\u201d stated Panthers left tackle Jordan Gross.\u00a0 Both defenses struggle to stop the running game, with Detroit surrendering 134.4 rushing yards per game.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the Panthers stop unit will likely not have to worry about defending Lions starting running back Jahvid Best, who is still suffering from concussion symptoms.<\/p>\n

Detroit started the season with five straight wins and has since dropped three of four, including a 37-13 loss to the Chicago Bears as 2.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Lions are likely fighting for a Wild Card spot with the Green Bay Packers sitting atop the division with the only unblemished record in the NFL.\u00a0 \u201cWe are 6-3, we don\u2019t want to forget about that,\u201d commented Lions coach Jim Schwartz.\u00a0 Detroit is 2-2 ATS at home this season and 12-8 ATS over the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Lions match up well against the Panthers passing game and wide receiver Steve Smith, allowing just 17 pass plays of 20 yards or more, leading the NFC in pass defense.\u00a0 Detroit will need to stay away from costly mistakes, turning the ball over six times last week, led by quarterback Matthew Stafford throwing four interceptions.\u00a0 The third-year signal-caller ended up completing 33-of-63 passes for 329 yards.\u00a0 The Lions will be aiming to snap a four-game losing streak in this series, dropping the last meeting by a 31-22 score as 14-point road underdogs on Nov. 16, 2008.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Panthers due to the underdog being 4-1 ATS in this series, while the Lions are 6-21-1 ATS in November.<\/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":"

Carolina Panthers at Detroit Lions Sunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Carolina really has nothing to lose walking into Ford Field Sunday afternoon, coming in with a 2-7 record and no real chance in […]<\/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":[3365,279,542,3333,616,31],"class_list":["post-19523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-detroit-lions","tag-ford-field","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19523","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=19523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19524,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19523\/revisions\/19524"}],"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=19523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}