{"id":25487,"date":"2012-10-14T10:16:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25487"},"modified":"2012-10-14T10:16:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T15:16:39","slug":"nfl-week-6-picks-oakland-raiders-vs-atlanta-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-6-picks-oakland-raiders-vs-atlanta-falcons-25487\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 6 Picks: Oakland Raiders vs. Atlanta Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oakland Raiders at Atlanta Falcons
\nSunday, 10\/14\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oakland Raiders RB Darren McFadden will need to have a great game in Atlanta on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oakland travels to Atlanta after a bye week, as the team looks to bounce back from a 37-6 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sept. 30, while also snapping a string of three consecutive games in losing the statistical battle.\u00a0 The Raiders have allowed opponents to convert on 53.3 percent of their third down opportunities, which would be a league record if the season ended today.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re not going to win many games if you can\u2019t win on third down,\u201d stated Raiders defensive tackle Richard Seymour.\u00a0 Oakland is 8-5 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 7-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Raiders managed to gain a season-low 237 yards against the Broncos offensively, with the rushing game being limited to averaging just 3.4 yards per carry.\u00a0 Oakland running back Darren McFadden needs to have a big game in order to pull off the upset, especially when you consider that he\u2019s gained 88 yards in the team\u2019s three losses.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the Silver and Black must stop the run, as the defense is surrendering 128.5 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Atlanta has opened up a season with five wins for the first time in franchise history, as it looks to improve head coach Mike Smith\u2019s record to 29-6 during the regular season inside the Georgia Dome.\u00a0 The Falcons are fourth in the league in time of possession, which could be a critical stat with their Sunday opponent ranking 31st in that particular category.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 29.6 points per game, which includes leading the league with 35 points on drives that last four or fewer plays.\u00a0 Atlanta is 3-1 ATS at home with a total of 45.5 to 49.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have a plus-10 turnover margin, which is tied for first in the league this season.\u00a0 Atlanta will need to get after Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer, something that defensive end John Abraham should be able to accomplish, considering he has seven sacks and three forced fumbles in four career games in this series.\u00a0 Quarterback Matt Ryan threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns in the team\u2019s 24-0 win as three-point road favorites in this series on Nov. 2, 2008.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Falcons due to the favorite covering the last four games in this series, while the Raiders are 1-6 ATS on turf.<\/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":"

Oakland Raiders at Atlanta Falcons Sunday, 10\/14\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48.5 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oakland travels to Atlanta after a bye week, as the team looks to bounce back from a 37-6 loss to the Denver Broncos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,506,1070,2806,422,300],"class_list":["post-25487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-carson-palmer","tag-darren-mcfadden","tag-georgia-dome","tag-matt-ryan","tag-oakland-raiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25487","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=25487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25488,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25487\/revisions\/25488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}