Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The New York Giants will look to end a four game skid when they come off their bye week to host the Atlanta Falcons in an NFL game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in New York is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Fox. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the home team New York Giants opened as a 6 point favorite with the over under coming in at 47. The early money from the NFL bettors has come in on the home team, as the New York Giants are currently a 6-½ point favorite. The over under has seen the early betting from the sports betting public come under, as the total is currently lined at 46.
The New York Giants struggled mightily when they hit their bye week. The team has lost 4 straight games and opposing offenses has torched their secondary. After shutting down the San Diego Chargers on the ground they allowed Phillip Rivers to drive the team in for a game-winning touchdown in the closing seconds. The Giants have been decimated by injuries to their secondary and teams have been exploiting this unit. Giant’s starter Eli Manning is hitting on 60% of his passes with 15 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. Manning was accurate against San Diego with 75.8% passing in defeat but was sacked on five occasions. Running back Brandon Jacobs has only averaged 4.1 yards a carry on the season. After a good start to the season Ahmad Bradshaw has been no better than 2.8 a carry over his past three games. The Atlanta Falcons are coming off a 28-19 road loss last week at Carolina. The Falcons have not looked good playing away from their dome, as they are losers of 4 of their 5 games on the highway this season. In the Falcons three straight road losses starting quarterback Matt Ryan is battling accuracy issues as he has completed just barely over half of his passes with 4 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. The team has great concerns with their running back as Michael Turner was forced to leave last weeks game with what has been diagnosed as a high ankle sprain. Turner is a 5.0 yards per carry back this season but if cannot go it could be Jason Snelling or Jerious Norwood as the starting back. Snelling in relief of Turner gained just 61 yards on 18 carries. The Falcons offensive line has had problems protecting Ryan. The Falcons signal caller will be facing a Giants pass rush with a weeks rest and chomping at the bit to get pressure him. The Atlanta defense has not been very good this season allowing an average of 371 yards to their opponents this season with teams passing for 240 yards a game.
Tony T’s Opinion: If this game makes my card I would lay no more than a touchdown with the Giants. The Giants pass rush will be fierce and we may be looking at a rough day for the dirty birds in New York.
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NFL Trend: Atlanta Falcons are 4-0 ATS in their past 4 games at New York Giants
The Wagerline consensus has 62.9% of the NFL bettors on Arizona –6 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 66.9% of the NFL bettors playing over 46
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