{"id":20107,"date":"2011-12-09T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20107"},"modified":"2011-12-09T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:15:23","slug":"nfl-picks-week-14-new-england-patriots-vs-washington-redskins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-14-new-england-patriots-vs-washington-redskins-20107\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 14: New England Patriots vs. Washington Redskins"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at Washington Redskins
\nSunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New England Patriots continue to rank last in the NFL in allowing 412.1 yards per game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New England has won four games in a row and scored at least 31 points in each, including a 31-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts last week as 20.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Patriots came into the week tied for the AFC\u2019s best record, but the defense continues to rank last in allowing 412.1 yards per game, which includes surrendering 310 yards through the air.\u00a0 The franchise is a dominating 38-5 in December since the start of the 2001 campaign.\u00a0 New England is 5-2 ATS in the last four weeks of the season the past two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Patriots are led by quarterback Tom Brady offensively, who comes in with 3,916 passing yards, which is on pace to break the NFL record set by Dan Marino (5,084) in 1984.\u00a0 New England is averaging 30.2 points per game and currently ranks second in the league in total yards.\u00a0 Sunday will be the ninth meeting between the two franchises, with the Patriots being 0-2 in games played on the road in the series.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the last such contest was a 20-17 loss as three-point road underdogs on Sept. 28, 2003.<\/p>\n

Washington has literally hit a brick wall in losing seven of eight and comes off a 34-19 loss to the New York Jets as three-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Redskins have also gone \u2018over\u2019 the total in their last three contests, while covering two of three against the spread.\u00a0 Second-year head coach Mike Shanahan has been dealing with roster issues virtually the entire season, which includes three players being suspended for the rest of the season.\u00a0 \u201cAm I disappointed? Absolutely,\u201d stated Shanahan this week.\u00a0 Washington is 5-7 ATS on the year and the \u2018under\u2019 is 7-5 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Redskins have dropped their last four games inside FedExField and are 0-3 against AFC East foes this season.\u00a0 Washington\u2019s defense will need to win this game, limiting the Seattle Seahawks and New York Jets to an average of 258 yards the past two weeks, but will face an entirely different monster in Week 14.\u00a0 Brady has averaged over 300 passing yards over the past four games and thrown for 10 touchdowns and no interceptions over that span.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Patriots due to their 27-12 record as favorites of 3.5 to 10 points, while the Redskins are 2-6 ATS as an underdog.<\/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 England Patriots at Washington Redskins Sunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New England has won four games in a row and scored at least 31 points in each, including a 31-24 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[540,5620,1293,125,31,398,345],"class_list":["post-20107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-east","tag-fedexfield","tag-mike-shanahan","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107","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=20107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20108,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107\/revisions\/20108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}