| The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons meet up Thursday night in a great preseason matchup. Here's the preview from broburysports.
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Atlanta is a 2 ½-point home favorite at Brobury with a total of 37 points. FOX will broadcast at 8 pm ET.
Both teams are coming off opening preseason wins. New England beat New Orleans 27-24 as 1 ½-point home favorites. The Pats had a 24-7 lead at one point, but let up a kickoff return for a touchdown and needed a late field goal to win.
New England looks to have all the pieces on offense, even with Wes Welker's knee injury from last year. He traveled with the team and could play, but they should be able to score even without him. Quarterback Tom Brady seems extra motivated as he nears a contract extension with the team.
The Patriots have a lot of young pieces on defense and played well against the Saints. The loss of defensive end Ty Warren for the year hurts, and a number of other defenders are listed as questionable this week.
Atlanta is 10/1 to win the NFC, while New England is 5/1 in the AFC. The Falcons were as hurt as any team in football last year with quarterback Matt Ryan and running back Michael Turner both missing time.
Both guys are healthy now and they beat Kansas City 20-10 last week as 2 ½-point home favorites. That game would have been a lot closer if not for Kansas City turnovers. The Falcons are missing cornerback Dunta Robinson and some other key defenders for Thursday.
They'll have to play a lot better to take down New England.
Free Betting Pick
Coach Belichick has never cared about Preseason and with his team aging by the day we don`t expect to see many starters getting a lot of field time. The home teams have been covering most spreads this preseason and I am betting on Atlanta to cover once again and beat the New England Patriots |
