{"id":35784,"date":"2014-10-16T11:15:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35784"},"modified":"2014-10-16T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:23:21","slug":"nfl-week-7-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-7-picks-atlanta-falcons-vs-baltimore-ravens-35784\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 7 Picks: Atlanta Falcons vs. Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons vs. Baltimore Ravens
\nSunday, 10\/19\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 49
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Baltimore<\/a>
Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco will look to build off one of his best career performances<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta has dropped three games in a row, including a 27-13 defeat to the Chicago Bears as three-point home favorites last week, while going UNDER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Falcons offense was held to a season-low 287 yards in that affair, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your Week 7 NFL betting picks, as signal-caller Matt Ryan struggled in a major way.\u00a0 The former Boston College star completed just 51.4 percent of his passes, with his receivers mishandling seven throws. \u00a0 Atlanta is 1-8 SU and 4-5 ATS as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 7-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Falcons also have found it hard to stop opponents recently, which is important to consider when looking over the NFL betting odds, as they surrendered 478 yards last week.\u00a0 Atlanta enters this NFC matchup giving up an average of 28.3 points and 419.0 yards per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that Ryan & Co. have struggled to close games in the final 15 minutes\u2014getting outscored by a 49-0 margin.<\/p>\n

Baltimore returns home after splitting a pair of road games, as it comes off a 48-17 blowout victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as 3.5-point favorites, while going OVER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Ravens and Falcons have split their four all-time meetings, with Sunday\u2019s host picking up a 24-10 victory in its only such opportunity in 2010.\u00a0 Baltimore is 2-0 SUATS against NFC South opponents this season, with both games going above the total.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have been a bit inconsistent offensively due to learning first-year offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak\u2019s system, but quarterback Joe Flacco is coming off one of his best career performances\u2014completing 72.4 percent of his passes and tossing five scores against the Buccaneers.\u00a0 Baltimore is trying to maintain balance on this side of the football with normal running back Ray Rice out of the league, with Justin Forsett rushing for 111 yards on 14 carries in Week 6.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Ravens due to their 25-12-2 ATS mark as home favorites in their last 39 opportunities.<\/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. Baltimore Ravens Sunday, 10\/19\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 49.5 Current Total:\u00a0 49 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta has dropped three games in a row, including a 27-13 defeat to the Chicago Bears as three-point home favorites last week, while going UNDER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,608,396,422,31],"class_list":["post-35784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-joe-flacco","tag-matt-ryan","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35784","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=35784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35785,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35784\/revisions\/35785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}