{"id":34898,"date":"2014-08-14T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34898"},"modified":"2014-08-14T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T18:44:37","slug":"aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-qb-expected-to-make-preseason-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-qb-expected-to-make-preseason-debut-34898\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers: Green Bay Packers QB Expected to Make Preseason Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers vs. St. Louis Rams
\nSaturday, 8\/16\/14, 4:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 St. Louis PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 St. Louis -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 40
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is expected to start under center Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay will stay on the road to play its first preseason game in the afternoon since 2006, as it looks to bounce back from a 20-16 defeat to the Tennessee Titans as 2.5-point underdogs last week, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL betting picks in Week 2.\u00a0 Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was a healthy scratch in that affair, but he\u2019s expected to make his debut against the Rams.\u00a0 Last year, Rodgers played just five series in the first three exhibition games, while sitting out the finale.<\/p>\n

With heavy rain throughout most stages of their game against the Titans, both teams leaned on their running games, with Green Bay gaining 146 yards on 35 carries.\u00a0 Signal-caller Matt Flynn finished 5 of 10 for 49 yards and a passer rating of 64.2, while No. 3 quarterback Scott Tolzien totaled 124 passing yards in three possessions when entering the game with less than a minute to go in the first half.\u00a0 The franchise is 4-1 ATS in its second game of preseason play the last five years.<\/p>\n

St. Louis fell on the losing end of a 26-24 decision to the New Orleans Saints as two-point home favorites last week, as it played without the services of starting quarterback Sam Bradford, who is being monitored carefully before the regular season due to offseason knee surgery.\u00a0 The Rams play in the most physical division in football alongside the Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, which means that left tackle Jake Long will also need to be at a 100 percent following a knee surgery as well.<\/p>\n

The Rams should have one of the better defenses in the league under coordinator Gregg Williams, especially with the additions of tackles Alex Carrington and Aaron Donald.\u00a0 St. Louis already has one of the best pass-rushers in football in end Robert Quinn, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting odds.\u00a0 The line may need to play great early on due to a youthful secondary, with third-year starter Janoris Jenkins being the elder statesmen of the group.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Packers due to their ability to move the football with three capable players under center.<\/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":"

Green Bay Packers vs. St. Louis Rams Saturday, 8\/16\/14, 4:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 St. Louis PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 St. Louis -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 40 Current Total:\u00a0 41 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Green Bay will stay on the road to play its first preseason game in the afternoon since 2006, as it looks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,1119,31,623,863],"class_list":["post-34898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-nfl","tag-sam-bradford","tag-st-louis-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34898","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=34898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34899,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34898\/revisions\/34899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}