{"id":30291,"date":"2013-09-22T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T13:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30291"},"modified":"2013-09-22T08:34:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T13:34:02","slug":"detroit-lions-vs-washington-redskins-nfl-week-3-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/detroit-lions-vs-washington-redskins-nfl-week-3-betting-odds-and-predictions-30291\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions vs. Washington Redskins: NFL Week 3 Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions vs. Washington Redskins
\nSunday, 9\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Detroit Lions are 3-12-1 ATS in Week 3 in its L16 seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit has lost 21 consecutive road games against Washington, as it attempts to bounce back from a 25-21 defeat to the Arizona Cardinals as one-point favorites in Week 2, while going UNDER the betting total of 47.5.\u00a0 The Lions are averaging 27.5 points and 395.5 yards per game\u2014numbers that must be respected when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Quarterback Matthew Stafford has completed 65.8 percent of his passes for 635 yards, as he may be relied upon to carry the offensive unit if running back Reggie Bush is unable to go.\u00a0 Detroit is 3-12-1 ATS in Week 3 in its last 16 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Lions will look to get the ball to wide receiver Calvin Johnson, who had nine catches for 101 yards and a career-high three scores in his last meeting against the Redskins on Oct. 31, 2010.\u00a0 On the defensive end, Detroit leads the league in allowing opponents to convert just 14.3 percent of its third-down conversions.<\/p>\n

Washington has scored 20 or more points in six consecutive regular season games, but it has gone 0-2 SUATS through two weeks this season\u2014going OVER the total in each of those contests.\u00a0 The Redskins need quarterback Robert Griffin III to put it all together in this affair, as he\u2019s completed 11 of 24 passes for 160 yards in the first half this season\u2014compared to 45 of 65 for 489 yards in the final 30 minutes this year.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t done much on the ground in recovering from ACL surgery, as he\u2019s gained just 25 yards on nine carries.\u00a0 Washington is 4-0 ATS in its last four games in this series.<\/p>\n

The Redskins need to get off to a quick start in this matchup, as they\u2019ve been unable to get into their normal offense due to falling behind by huge early deficits.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of confidence in Robert,\u201d commented Washington head coach Mike Shanahan.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the franchise opened last year with a 3-6 record, but rallied for seven consecutive wins to claim the NFC East division title.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 40-17-2 in the Lions\u2019 last 59 games away from Ford Field.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Lions vs. Washington Redskins Sunday, 9\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Detroit has lost 21 consecutive road games against Washington, as it attempts to bounce back from a 25-21 defeat to the Arizona Cardinals as one-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2753,542,616,31,3697,345],"class_list":["post-30291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-detroit-lions","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfl","tag-robert-griffin-iii","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30291","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=30291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30292,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30291\/revisions\/30292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}