{"id":20175,"date":"2011-12-11T09:51:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20175"},"modified":"2011-12-11T09:51:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T14:51:37","slug":"falcons-vs-panthers-nfc-south-rivals-face-off-sunday-afternoon-inside-bank-of-america-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/falcons-vs-panthers-nfc-south-rivals-face-off-sunday-afternoon-inside-bank-of-america-stadium-20175\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons vs. Panthers: NFC South Rivals Face Off Sunday Afternoon Inside Bank of America Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
\nSunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Atlanta Falcons will be led offensively by running back Michael Turner Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta looks to bounce back from a 17-10 loss to the Houston Texans as one-point road favorites last week, but that\u2019s been a good situation for this franchise.\u00a0 The Falcons are 18-6 ATS in their last 24 games following a straight-up loss.\u00a0 All eyes will be on running back Michael Turner, who has managed to gain 707 combined rushing yards over the last seven meetings against the Carolina Panthers, including a season-high 139 yards and two touchdowns in Week 6.\u00a0 Atlanta is 0-3 ATS on a grass field this year with the \u2018under\u2019 cashing in two of three contests.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have tallied a 5-2 record against the Panthers under Mike Smith\u2019s watch, including three consecutive wins in the series.\u00a0 Atlanta is 21-1 when running back Michael Turner has 23 or more rushing attempts, as he sits eight yards from 1,000 rushing yards.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team will need to try and contain a Carolina offense that averages 397.6 yards per game, which ranks fifth in the league.<\/p>\n

Carolina will finish out its season series with its NFC South rival Sunday, which will also serve as the first time he\u2019ll face a particular opponent twice in his career.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s kind of strange for me, this is the first opportunity in my life I\u2019ve had to play the same team in the same season,\u201d commented Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that from the 2005-09 campaigns, Carolina lost the first matchup against its divisional foes six times, only to win the rematch in each instance.\u00a0 Carolina is 3-3 ATS as an underdog this year.<\/p>\n

The Panthers rush defense ranks 27th against the run and will certainly be up against it Sunday, but they did manage to limit the Buccaneers to just 78 rushing yards last week.\u00a0 Carolina will need to protect the football to pull of this slight upset, as the team is 0-8 when Newton turns the ball over, while posting a 4-0 when not turning the ball over.\u00a0 A win this afternoon would be the Falcons fourth in a row in this particular series, which would be the longest since the 2000-02 campaigns.\u00a0 Quarterback Matt Ryan will need to rebound from posting a season-low 50.6 passer rating last week.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Falcons due to their 15-5-1 ATS mark versus a losing record, while the Panthers are 4-11 ATS as an underdog.<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers Sunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 48.5 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta looks to bounce back from a 17-10 loss to the Houston Texans as one-point road favorites last week, but that\u2019s been a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,5377,3365,279,422,423,31],"class_list":["post-20175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-bank-of-america-stadium","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-matt-ryan","tag-michael-turner","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20175","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=20175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20176,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20175\/revisions\/20176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}