{"id":30293,"date":"2013-09-22T11:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T16:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30293"},"modified":"2013-09-22T11:40:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T16:40:34","slug":"pro-football-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-miami-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-miami-dolphins-30293\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: Atlanta Falcons vs. Miami Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons vs. Miami Dolphins<\/strong>
\n Sunday, 9\/22\/13, 4:05 PM EST<\/strong>
\n Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -1<\/strong>
\n Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami PK<\/strong>
\n Opening Total:\u00a0 43<\/strong>
\n Current Total:\u00a0 45<\/strong>
\n Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Dolphins will play their home opener after winning two games on the road to start the season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta has split its first two games of the 2013 regular season, as it comes off a 31-24 victory over the St. Louis Rams as four-point home favorites, while going OVER the betting total of 47.5.\u00a0 The Falcons are 4-7 all-time against the Dolphins, as they prepare to make their first trip to South Beach since 2005, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks in Week 4.\u00a0 Under head coach Mike Smith, the franchise picked up a 19-7 victory in the 2009 season opener at the Georgia Dome.\u00a0 Atlanta is 3-0 SUATS on the road when the total is between 42.5 and 45 points, with the OVER going 2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Falcons are banged up heading into this affair, but they still possess some major firepower with wide receiver Julio Jones and quarterback Matt Ryan, who have connected 18 times for 258 yards through two weeks.\u00a0 Ryan threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns in the 2009 meeting between these two non-conference foes\u2014completing five passes for 73 yards to veteran tight end Tony Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

Miami is focused on opening a season 3-0 for the first time since 2002, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The Dolphins will be playing their first game at Sun Life Stadium, as they picked up road victories over the Indianapolis Colts and Cleveland Browns.\u00a0 \u201cAny time you start 2-0 it\u2019s a confidence builder,\u201d commented Dolphins linebacker Philip Wheeler.\u00a0 Miami is 5-4-1 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 9-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins compiled a 5-18 record in September the previous seven seasons, but second-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill has the franchise trending upwards, as he comes off a 319-yard performance against the Colts.\u00a0 Miami got its signal-caller some new weapons during the offseason, including former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace, who matched a career high with nine receptions and 115 yards last week.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Dolphins due to the favorite being 3-0-1 ATS in the last four 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":"

Atlanta Falcons vs. Miami Dolphins Sunday, 9\/22\/13, 4:05 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami PK Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 45 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta has split its first two games of the 2013 regular season, as it comes off a 31-24 victory over the St. Louis Rams as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,422,320,31,3711,2023],"class_list":["post-30293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-matt-ryan","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-ryan-tannehill","tag-sun-life-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30293","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=30293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30294,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30293\/revisions\/30294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}