{"id":25025,"date":"2012-09-17T08:55:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25025"},"modified":"2012-09-17T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T13:55:29","slug":"denver-broncos-vs-atlanta-falcons-monday-night-football-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/denver-broncos-vs-atlanta-falcons-monday-night-football-betting-odds-and-predictions-25025\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons: Monday Night Football Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons
\nMonday, 9\/17\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 52.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Falcons<\/a>
The Atlanta Falcons need to use RB Michael Turner to slow down Denver’s pass rush on ESPN’s Monday Night Football<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver came away with a 31-19 home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers as 2.5-point favorites in its season opener, as quarterback Peyton Manning showed the world that he\u2019s ready to compete for a Super Bowl after a 20-month layoff.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s just one game,\u201d commented Manning afterwards.\u00a0 \u201cI try to keep it in perspective.\u201d\u00a0 The franchise has been tremendous in the first month of the regular season since 1996, posting a 41-18 record, which is tops among all NFL teams.\u00a0 Denver is 7-6 ATS as a road underdog the last two-plus seasons, something to consider when making your pro football picks.<\/p>\n

The Broncos are appearing on ESPN\u2019s Monday Night Football for the 21st consecutive year, while they\u2019ve gone 27-35-1 all-time when playing in the primetime event.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the squad is 7-25 in those contests when playing away from the Mile High City.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s schedule is one of the more difficult ones in the league, as it ranked second before the season started behind only the New York Giants.\u00a0 Their opponents compiled a 139-117 record last season.<\/p>\n

Atlanta also earned a season-opening victory, coming away with a 40-24 win over the Kansas City Chiefs as one-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Falcons offense is certainly explosive, but they need to get back to running the football with Michael Turner, as he finished with just 32 yards on 11 carries in the opener.\u00a0 \u201cWe want to be able to run the ball effectively,\u201d stated Falcons head coach Mike Smith.\u00a0 The offensive line needs to also prepare for one of the league\u2019s best pass rushes.\u00a0 Atlanta is 16-8 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have won 26 of their 30 regular-season home games with Matt Ryan under center, as he looks to build off a 299-yard performance against the Chiefs.\u00a0 One of his main targets is second-year wide receiver Julio Jones, who made six catches for 108 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Week 1.\u00a0 Atlanta will try to get Turner at least 21 carries, as his teams have posted a remarkable 27-2 record when doing so.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Falcons due to their 5-1 ATS mark in Week 2, while the Broncos are 1-4 ATS on Mondays.<\/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":"

Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons Monday, 9\/17\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 52.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver came away with a 31-19 home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers as 2.5-point favorites in its season opener, as quarterback Peyton Manning […]<\/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":[123,570,5255,422,423,441,282],"class_list":["post-25025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-denver-broncos","tag-julio-jones","tag-matt-ryan","tag-michael-turner","tag-monday-night-football","tag-peyton-manning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25025","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=25025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25026,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25025\/revisions\/25026"}],"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=25025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}