{"id":26633,"date":"2012-12-13T13:21:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T18:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26633"},"modified":"2012-12-13T13:21:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T18:21:14","slug":"new-york-giants-vs-atlanta-falcons-nfl-week-15-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-york-giants-vs-atlanta-falcons-nfl-week-15-picks-against-the-spread-26633\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants vs. Atlanta Falcons: NFL Week 15 Picks Against the Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons
\nSunday, 12\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 52
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seahawks<\/a>
Atlanta Falcons WR Roddy White will need to have a big game on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 52-27 triumph over the New Orleans Saints as four-point home favorites, while going OVER the total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cThe Giants are probably the best in the league,\u201d commented Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan.\u00a0 \u201cFor four quarters, they rush the passer as well as anybody in the league.\u201d\u00a0 The front four can dominate a game, which is represented in accounting for 17 of the team\u2019s 31 sacks.\u00a0 New York is 2-0-1 ATS as an underdog this season, with the UNDER going 3-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Giants need to win this game to stay at least a game ahead in the NFC East division race over the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, which will make them an attractive side on the pro football odds page.\u00a0 New York can only hope for rookie running back David Wilson to have another outstanding game, as he finished with a franchise record 327 all-purpose yards last week.\u00a0 Head coach Tom Coughlin is 14-6 against NFC South opponents since taking over in the Big Apple in 2004.<\/p>\n

Atlanta suffered its second loss of the 2012 NFL regular season, suffering a 30-20 setback to the Carolina Panthers as three-point road favorites, as it lost the statistical battle by a triple-digit margin for a second consecutive week.\u00a0 \u201cThere are a lot of things that are going to happen over the next three weeks that affect us,\u201d commented Falcons head coach Mike Smith.\u00a0 The Falcons are still in the driver\u2019s seat in gaining the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NFC playoffs, as they look to gain revenge from last year\u2019s humiliating 24-2 loss to the Giants in last year\u2019s postseason.\u00a0 Atlanta is 2-0 ATS as a home favorite of three or fewer points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL picks against the spread in Week 15.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have won 32 of 36 home games with Ryan under center, as they\u2019ll aim for their 11th consecutive victory at the Georgia Dome.\u00a0 He will likely target No. 1 wide receiver Roddy White, who is averaging 107.5 receiving yards and has seven touchdowns in his last 10 games in front of the home fans.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, with the UNDER going 6-1-1 in the last eight meetings in this series.<\/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":"

New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons Sunday, 12\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 52 Current Total:\u00a0 50.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 52-27 triumph over the New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,2806,422,401,2586,3717,31],"class_list":["post-26633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-georgia-dome","tag-matt-ryan","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfc-east","tag-nfc-south","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26633","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=26633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26634,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26633\/revisions\/26634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}