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| Pats Rip Falcons In Welker’s Return To Action |
NFL betting enthusiasts also cashed tickets with the Patriots’ outright victory as a +3 road underdog. New England has excelled as a preseason favorite in the past (currently on a 22-15 ATS run) but has had less success when getting points (20-21 ATS). Atlanta’s preseason ATS mark dropped to 49-34 since 1990. The 38 combined points scored pushed the posted total at most books, though it went OVER the opening number of 37. Even bigger than the victory for New England was the return to action of wide receiver Wes Welker, 7 months after a season ending knee injury. Welker looked very good in his limited action and said after the game that he was glad to be back: "Getting out there catching balls and getting hit was good. It's a step forward. I'm not sure I'm all there yet." The always taciturn Bill Belichick gave this measured response: "It was a good trip. We played well as a team." Falcons’ coach Mike Smith was exasperated his team’s poor performance on third down conversions and, for that matter, everything else: "That was our Achilles' heel the previous season, and that's something we've got to get fixed. I know it's only the preseason, but we didn't play as well as we need to in all three phases. We've got a lot of work to do." Despite the lopsided loss, Falcons’ starting quarterback Matt Ryan wasn’t concerned: "We don't gameplan a lot for these games. We're just trying to improve on some different things, see what we like and don't like and what we want to take into the regular season." The Falcons will open the 2010 regular season at Pittsburgh, who’ll be without the suspended Ben Roethlisberger. Atlanta is now a -2’ point road favorite after a line move from the opening price that had the Steelers a -1 home chalk. The total in that game is set at 38, down from an opening total of 40’. New England begins play at home against Cincinnati where the Patriots are -4’ point home favorites with the total set at 43.
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The Atlanta Falcons have made it a point to emphasize defense in the 2010 NFL preseason, and that focus was successful last week against offensively inept Kansas City. Against the New England Patriots, it didn’t work out quite so well. The Pats spotted Atlanta a 3-0 first quarter lead before scoring 28 unanswered points, ultimately settling for a 28-10 victory at the Georgia Dome. New England improved to 2-0 on the preseason, while the Falcons evened their record at 1-1.
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