Week 5: Falcons vs Giants Picks
NFL Week 5 betting action sees the Atlanta Falcons taking on the New York Giants on Sunday October 5th at MetLife Stadium. Cappers Picks provides free NFL handicapping tips all season long.
NFL Week 5 betting action sees the Atlanta Falcons taking on the New York Giants on Sunday October 5th at MetLife Stadium. Cappers Picks provides free NFL handicapping tips all season long.
Bowling Green rolled to a ten-win season last year under Dave Clawson. The team surprised Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship Game thanks to 574 yards of total offense. Despite being the underdog in that game, Bowling Green won 47-27.
Everything went wrong last season for the Atlanta Falcons, who were mired in a 4-12 disaster thanks in large part to injuries and a corresponding lack of depth.
Falcons Not Deep Enough To Expect Return To Playoffs In 2014
The Atlanta Falcons went from within one score of reaching the Super Bowl in 2012 to a four-win season in 2013. Injuries and a lack of depth at key positions exposed the Falcons’ vulnerabilities following a slow start that the team never really recovered from.
The MAC was won by the Bowling Green Falcons in pretty decisive fashion last season, and they’re now looking to repeat. Oddsmakers have them installed as the favorites to pull off the feat again, though with head coach Dave Clawson moving on to coach Wake Forest, things could be a little tougher.
NFL.com’s Adam Schein recently wrote the following about the 2014 NFC South:
“I get paid to have an opinion. That’s how I make a living. The words “I don’t know” usually don’t fly in my world. However, I’m asking for an exception.
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NIU is 15-15 ATS with an O/U record of 14-15 and Bowling Green is 16-11-1 ATS with an O/U record of 13-14. In their last games Northern Illinois beat Ball State 70-56 and Bowling Green lost to Buffalo 88-65.
The Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers will square off in Week 17 of the NFL season. One club will be jockeying for playoff positioning, while the other will be playing out an incredibly disappointing year, so the motivation for both sides will play a major factor.
The Bowling Green Falcons and the Pittsburgh Panthers will make the trip out to Detroit to play in the Little Caesars Bowl on Dec. 26.
Candlestick Finale – 49ers Host Falcons Monday Night
The NFL schedule makers must have been drooling at the prospect of an Atlanta/San Francisco matchup the second to last weekend of the NFL regular season but all the sizzle of the matchup faded early in the season when the Falcons simply failed to fire.
The Atlanta Falcons host the Washington Redskins on Sunday in a battle of two team who made the playoffs a year ago but have been major disappointments this season.
The Falcons will look to get back in the win column when they head to Toronto this Sunday to take on the Bills who are losers of three of their last four outings.
Expected to challenge each other for the NFC South title these teams could not be more opposite right now. The New Orleans Saints have played to expectations, leading the division with an 8-2 record – on some days they look like the best team in the NFL.
Break up the Buccaneers right? All they did was get their first win of the season against a team getting torn apart from the inside so obviously they are on the right track now. Perhaps not but it is not like the Falcons are dominating either.
The Bowling Green Falcons and Ohio Bobcats will meet under the lights on Tuesday night in an affair that will have huge implications on the MAC – East. Bowling Green won last year’s meeting between the teams in Athens, 26-14.