{"id":24880,"date":"2012-09-08T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24880"},"modified":"2012-09-08T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T15:55:19","slug":"nfl-week-1-against-the-spread-picks-san-francisco-49ers-vs-green-bay-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-1-against-the-spread-picks-san-francisco-49ers-vs-green-bay-packers-24880\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 1 Against the Spread Picks: San Francisco 49ers vs. Green Bay Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers
\nSunday, 9\/9\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Packers<\/a>
The Green Bay Packers won all eight of their regular-season home games last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Francisco opens the 2012 regular season on the road after making a trip to the NFC Championship Game last year, which resulted in a 20-17 overtime loss to the New York Giants, who ultimately went on to capture the Super Bowl.\u00a0 \u201cI think that feeling is still there,\u201d commented 49ers quarterback Alex Smith about the disappointing of not making it to the big game.\u00a0 The franchise should be very happy about its seven-win improvement from the previous year under head coach Jim Harbaugh.\u00a0 San Francisco is 2-0 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 7 points the last two years.<\/p>\n

The 49ers have one of the best defenses in the league, finishing second in the league in allowing just 14.3 points per game a year ago.\u00a0 San Francisco surrendered just three rushing touchdowns, but that statistic doesn\u2019t carry much weight in this matchup, considering its opponent throws the ball at will.\u00a0 The franchise must be respected in this spot due to tits 6-2 road record in 2011, which was tied for the second-best mark in all off football.<\/p>\n

Green Bay kicks off its 94th season in team history and will look to bounce back after getting knocked out of the playoffs by the Giants after posting the league\u2019s best regular season record at 15-1.\u00a0 \u201cThat was a very important game and you want to play your best, but we did not accomplish that,\u201d stated Packers head coach Mike McCarthy.\u00a0 He is the only coach in franchise history to win five consecutive season openers, while also going 14-6 in the month of September during his tenure.\u00a0 Green Bay is 24-13 ATS over the last two seasons, while the \u201cover\u201d is 29-8 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Packers have won 13 straight regular-season contests at Lambeau Field, which includes last year\u2019s perfect 8-0 mark.\u00a0 Green Bay eclipsed the franchise record for the most points scored in a season, putting up 560 points on the scoreboard, which was nearly 100 points more than the previous mark set in 2009 (461).\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the star of the show, leading all players with a 122.5 passer rating, while ranking second behind Drew Brees (46) with 45 touchdown passes.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Packers due to their 5-0 ATS mark in season openers, while the 49ers are 6-10 ATS on the road.<\/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":"

San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers Sunday, 9\/9\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 46.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Francisco opens the 2012 regular season on the road after making a trip to the NFC Championship Game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,1173,1119,3608,31,299],"class_list":["post-24880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-alex-smith","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-lambeau-field","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24880","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=24880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24882,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24880\/revisions\/24882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}