{"id":30336,"date":"2013-09-25T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T21:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30336"},"modified":"2013-09-25T17:05:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T22:05:43","slug":"nfl-week-4-picks-new-england-patriots-vs-atlanta-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-4-picks-new-england-patriots-vs-atlanta-falcons-30336\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 4 Picks: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons
\nSunday, 9\/29\/13, 8:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Falcons<\/a>
The Atlanta Falcons are 34-7 at home since 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New England improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2007 and for the eighth time in team history after picking up a 23-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday.\u00a0 The Patriots have allowed a total of 34 points through three games this season, but the defense has allowed only 27 points this season, as seven came on a fumble return.\u00a0 The franchise has won its last three games in this series during the regular season, including a 26-10 victory as 4.5-point home favorites on Sept. 27, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a0 New England is 2-0 ATS as underdogs since 2011, with both of those games going OVER the total.<\/p>\n

The Patriots have played two away games in a row 22 times since 2000\u2014earning a 29-15 record in those contests.\u00a0 Under Bill Belichick, New England has won back-to-back games on the road 10 times and have lost consecutive road games just once.\u00a0 Defensively, the team has been forcing opponents to make numerous mistakes this season, while it has tallied at least one turnover in 30 straight games dating back to 2011.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that the franchise hasn\u2019t allowed a point in the fourth quarter during the 2013 campaign.<\/p>\n

Atlanta has compiled a 34-7 record at the Georgia Dome since 2008, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks in Week 4, as it attempts to bounce back from a 27-23 setback to the Miami Dolphins as three-point road underdogs Sunday.\u00a0 The Falcons have scored 328 points off turnovers since 2010, which is the second-highest total in the league over that span\u2014trailing only the Patriots in that category.\u00a0 Atlanta is 4-1 SU and 3-2 ATS as home favorites of three points or less over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 4-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have compiled a 16-5 record against AFC opponents under head coach Mike Smith, while they\u2019ve won eight of 12 night games during the regular season during his time on the sidelines.\u00a0 Atlanta possesses one of the more dynamic offenses in the league, as the unit is piloted by quarterback Matt Ryan, but it\u2019s dealing with numerous injuries early on this season.\u00a0 Running back Steven Jackson is out until mid-October with a hamstring injury, but wide receiver Roddy White expects to play in this affair.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Falcons due to their 23-9 ATS mark in their last 32 games following a SU loss.<\/p>\n

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New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons Sunday, 9\/29\/13, 8:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Atlanta -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 50 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New England improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2007 and for the eighth time in team history after picking up a 23-3 […]<\/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":[414,123,2806,422,125,31,398],"class_list":["post-30336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-georgia-dome","tag-matt-ryan","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30336","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=30336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30338,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30336\/revisions\/30338"}],"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=30336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}