{"id":35526,"date":"2014-09-25T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35526"},"modified":"2014-09-25T18:28:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T23:28:55","slug":"nfl-week-4-picks-detroit-lions-vs-new-york-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-4-picks-detroit-lions-vs-new-york-jets-35526\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 4 Picks: Detroit Lions vs. New York Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions vs. New York Jets
\nSunday, 9\/28\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Jets are staying patient with young quarterback Geno Smith in the early going this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit has alternated wins and losses over its first three games of the season, as it looks to build off a 19-7 victory over the Green Bay Packers as one-point home favorites last week, while winning the statistical battle in each affair.\u00a0 The Lions could have trouble moving the football in this matchup if wide receiver Calvin Johnson is unable to go, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines, as he\u2019s nursing leg injuries that have kept him off the practice field.\u00a0 Johnson has 84 receptions for 1,531 yards and 13 touchdowns in his last 12 interconference games.\u00a0 Detroit is 0-2 SUATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Lions are certainly capable in moving the football with quarterback Matthew Stafford, especially since he\u2019s got a legitimate No. 2 threat on the outside in wide receiver Golden Tate.\u00a0 The former Seattle Seahawks wideout has 16 catches for 201 yards and has been targeted 21 times in the early going.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Detroit impressed many pro football experts in limiting Green Bay to just 223 total yards in last week\u2019s NFC North matchup.<\/p>\n

New York has dropped back-to-back contests after its 19-14 season-opening victory over the Oakland Raiders as 6.5-point home favorites, while it has gone OVER the betting total in two of three affairs.\u00a0 The Jets have been able to move the ball consistently with their running game, which is important to consider when making your Week 4 NFL picks, but quarterback Geno Smith has been inconsistent in delivering the football in the passing game.\u00a0 New York is 5-2 SUATS as home favorites of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Jets are hoping that Smith can turn the corner, but it does have Michael Vick ready to take over if head coach Rex Ryan wants to make a move.\u00a0 New York has been able to stop the run regularly on the other side of the field, as it limits opponents to 2.8 yards per carry and a league-best 55 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jets due to the Lions being 0-4 ATS in their last four games away from the Motor City.<\/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":"

Detroit Lions vs. New York Jets Sunday, 9\/28\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Detroit has alternated wins and losses over its first three games of the season, as it looks to build off a 19-7 victory over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2753,542,5400,616,356,31],"class_list":["post-35526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-detroit-lions","tag-geno-smith","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35526","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=35526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35527,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35526\/revisions\/35527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}