{"id":30048,"date":"2013-09-10T15:41:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T20:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30048"},"modified":"2013-09-10T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T20:41:40","slug":"nfl-week-2-picks-new-york-jets-vs-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-2-picks-new-york-jets-vs-new-england-patriots-30048\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 2 Picks: New York Jets vs. New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Jets vs. New England Patriots
\nThursday, 9\/12\/13, 8:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -11.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Patriots<\/a>
The New England Patriots have had their way with the New York Jets recently during the regular season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York escaped with a 18-17 come-from-behind victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total of 40.\u00a0 \u201cMan, we talk about a resilient group,\u201d commented Jets head coach Rex Ryan.\u00a0 The Jets will now turn their focus on ending a six-game regular season losing streak to the Patriots, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks Thursday night.\u00a0 New York is 6-8-1 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, with no clear edge in terms of the betting total (7-7 Over\/Under).<\/p>\n

The Jets are hoping that rookie quarterback Geno Smith can build off his league debut, as he completed 24 of 38 passes for 256 yards with a touchdown, interception and fumble.\u00a0 New York may want to take things to the ground offensively, as New England allowed the Buffalo Bills to gain 136 yards on the ground in Week 1.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team will have to find a way of slowing down this week\u2019s opponent, as the Patriots have averaged 419.2 yards per game during their winning streak in this series during the regular season.<\/p>\n

New England picked up a 23-21 victory over Buffalo as 10-point road favorites\u2014extending its season-opening win streak to 10 games in the process.\u00a0 The Patriots have also managed to win their last 11 games against division opponents, which is important to consider when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Since 2002, the team has compiled a dominating 28-5 record at Gillette Stadium when hosting AFC East opposition, with quarterback Tom Brady being the main reason for that success.\u00a0 New England is 2-3 ATS as home favorites of 10.5 to 14 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Patriots are 26-14 against the Jets since owner Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, with Brady completing 67.6 percent of his passes and throwing 13 touchdowns with one interception during the winning streak in this series.\u00a0 New England may struggle in the early going offensively in 2013, as it learns how to play without tight end Aaron Hernandez and Wes Welker.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Patriots due to their 4-1-1 ATS mark in their last six Thursday games.<\/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 Jets vs. New England Patriots Thursday, 9\/12\/13, 8:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -11.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York escaped with a 18-17 come-from-behind victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[540,5400,5649,125,356,31,398],"class_list":["post-30048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-east","tag-geno-smith","tag-gillette-stadium","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30048","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=30048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30049,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30048\/revisions\/30049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}