{"id":35357,"date":"2014-09-14T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35357"},"modified":"2014-09-14T09:21:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:21:47","slug":"nfl-week-2-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-2-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-cincinnati-bengals-35357\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 2 Picks: Atlanta Falcons vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons vs. Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 9\/14\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Cincinnati Bengals are 5-1-1 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta picked up a 37-34 overtime victory over the New Orleans Saints as three-point home underdogs last Sunday, as it won the statistical battle by 96 yards, while going OVER the betting total of 51.\u00a0 Falcons head coach Mike Smith owns a 1-0 record against his former colleague Marvin Lewis, as he picked up a 39-32 home victory in this series in 2010.\u00a0 Quarterback Matt Ryan had a career day versus the Saints, as he set the franchise record for total passing yards in a single game with 448.\u00a0 Atlanta is 5-11 SU and 9-7 ATS as underdogs over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have one of the best wide receiver duos in the league, with Julio Jones and Roddy White combining to catch 12 passes for 188 yards versus the Saints, while running back Steven Jackson contributed 52 rushing yards on 12 carries.\u00a0 Atlanta also has another weapon with return man Devin Hester coming over from the Chicago Bears during the offseason\u2014catching five passes for99 yards.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has failed to start a season with two wins since winning its first three games in 2006, as it comes off a 23-16 victory over the Baltimore Ravens as one-point road underdogs in Week 1, while going UNDER the betting total of 43.5.\u00a0 The Bengals are 15-6-1 in their last 22 home games versus NFC teams, including a 2-0 mark in that situation a season ago.\u00a0 Under Lewis, the franchise has captured seven of 11 home openers.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 6-1 SU and 5-1-1 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since 2012.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are very pleased with the progress signal-caller Andy Dalton has made since the end of last season, as he completed 25-of-38 passing without an interception versus the Ravens.\u00a0 Cincinnati\u2019s running game missed the mark in the opener, but the squad can\u2019t give up on handing the ball off to Giovani Bernard, as the second-year running back out of North Carolina is an explosive playmaker.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bengals due to their 4-0-1 ATS record in Week 2 the previous five years.<\/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. Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 9\/14\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta picked up a 37-34 overtime victory over the New Orleans Saints as three-point home underdogs last Sunday, as it won the statistical battle by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3386,123,302,6236,5255,422,31],"class_list":["post-35357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-dalton","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-giovani-bernard","tag-julio-jones","tag-matt-ryan","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35357","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=35357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35358,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35357\/revisions\/35358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}