{"id":25717,"date":"2012-10-27T12:45:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25717"},"modified":"2012-10-27T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T17:24:05","slug":"nfl-week-8-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-8-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-philadelphia-eagles-25717\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 8 Picks: Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles
\nSunday, 10\/28\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Eagles<\/a>
The Philadelphia Eagles are 13-0 SU after the bye week under head coach Andy Reid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta looks to remain perfect on the season coming out of its bye week, but the franchise hasn\u2019t won in the City of Brotherly Love since 1988, while head coach Mike Smith is 1-3 in this series overall.\u00a0 Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has completed 67 percent of his passes for 1,612 yards and 13 touchdowns over his past five road games, which has translated into a 106 passer rating.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that he\u2019s thrown at least one interception in the last four games.\u00a0 Atlanta is 3-0 ATS on the road on the year, with the UNDER going 2-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have really struggled in stopping the run game this year, ranking 28th in the NFL in that particular category.\u00a0 Atlanta will need to focus on creating turnovers, ranking third in the league with 17 takeaways, while posting a dominating 31-2 record under Smith\u2019s direction when winning that battle.\u00a0 Wide receiver Roddy White should be the focal point of the passing attack on Sunday, as he\u2019s compiled 26 receptions for 323 yards and four touchdowns in four career games against the Eagles.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia also enjoyed a week of rest heading into this high-profile NFC contest, but the team has split its first six games of the 2012 regular season.\u00a0 The Eagles are 13-0 in games immediately following a bye week, which is the longest such streak since this situation came into play in 1990.\u00a0 Establishing the running game is key for this team, especially with LeSean McCoy gaining just 75 total yards on 30 carries in his last two games.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 6-10 ATS as a home favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Eagles are hoping that quarterback Michael Vick can take better care of the football down the stretch, as he faces his former team for the second consecutive year.\u00a0 He completed 19-of-29 passes for two touchdowns and an interception in last year\u2019s 35-31 loss as 2.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team has failed to record a sack in its previous three games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 4-0 ATS mark in Week 8, while the Falcons are 1-5 ATS in their last six games in Philadelphia.<\/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":"

Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, 10\/28\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta looks to remain perfect on the season coming out of its bye week, but the franchise hasn\u2019t won in the City of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,5425,422,685,3613,344,3707],"class_list":["post-25717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-lesean-mccoy","tag-matt-ryan","tag-michael-vick","tag-nfc","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-roddy-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25717","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=25717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25719,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25717\/revisions\/25719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}