{"id":26586,"date":"2012-12-09T10:15:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T15:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26586"},"modified":"2012-12-09T10:15:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T15:15:13","slug":"atlanta-falcons-vs-carolina-panthers-nfl-week-14-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/atlanta-falcons-vs-carolina-panthers-nfl-week-14-predictions-26586\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons vs. Carolina Panthers: NFL Week 14 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
\nSunday, 12\/9\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Atlanta Falcons have put up some strong offensive numbers against the Carolina Panthers recently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta hasn\u2019t scored 30 or more points in its last five games, but it has come away with four wins in that span, including a 23-13 victory over the New Orleans Saints as 3.5-point home favorites last time out.\u00a0 The Falcons have already wrapped up the NFC South title, as they now turn their focus to accomplishing bigger things down the road.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve won the division before, so it\u2019s not that big if of a deal,\u201d stated Falcons wide receiver Roddy White.\u00a0 Atlanta is 4-0-1 ATS on a grass field this year, which can\u2019t be overlooked when making your pro football picks on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Falcons are 23-12 in the all-time regular season series against the Panthers, which could continue if quarterback Matt Ryan continues to have his way.\u00a0 He has thrown for 10 touchdowns and one interception in the last four meetings, while Atlanta has gone 30-1 when Ryan finishes wit ha plus-100 passer rating.\u00a0 One key factor to consider when looking over the pro football odds page is turnover margin, with Atlanta being plus-seven in that category, while Carolina is even at zero.<\/p>\n

Carolina doesn\u2019t have much to play for after returning home from splitting a two-game road trip, which included a 27-21 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs as 5.5-point road favorites last week.\u00a0 The Panthers have gone OVER the total in four consecutive contests, something that\u2019s significant when finding that the last two meetings in this series have gone above the posted number of 48.\u00a0 Carolina is 1-5 ATS at home this season, while failing to cover its three tries when the total is 45.5 to 49 at Bank of America Stadium.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have allowed 30 or more points in losing the last five meetings in this series, which places a lot of pressure on second-year quarterback Cam Newton, who has accounted for eight total touchdowns and no interceptions in his last three games.\u00a0 He was 15-of-24 for 215 yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting, while adding 86 rushing yards and a score.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this contest, as the OVER is 5-1-2 in the last eight meetings in the series.<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers Sunday, 12\/9\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta hasn\u2019t scored 30 or more points in its last five games, but it has come away with four wins in that span, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,5377,3365,279,422,3717],"class_list":["post-26586","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-nfc-south"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26586","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=26586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26588,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26586\/revisions\/26588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}