The Carolina Panthers were the darlings of the football betting world for the first part of the season. \u00a0With Cam Newton leading the charge they were bombing away resulting in a 5-1 ATS run from weeks 3-8. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Ford Field – Detroit, MI Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n Now the team appears to be bottoming out a bit. \u00a0They have lost their last two including their largest deficit of the season, 30-3 at home against a Tennessee Titans team I still think is pretty awful.<\/p>\n While Cam Newton\u2019s record setting pace has cooled the real culprit most of the time for the Panthers is their defense. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t that long ago that Julius Peppers led a fearsome group but right now this group is devoid of impact players and ranked 30th in the league in points allowed. \u00a0Other than Charles Johnson at DE there isn\u2019t anyone you need to game plan around. \u00a0This team needs impact plays on defense to keep pace but is in the bottom third in interceptions and sacks.<\/p>\n Carolina was one of several teams this year to come out of their bye week totally flat. \u00a0They lost last week to Tennessee and now face a Detroit team that needs redemption in a big, big way. \u00a0Carolina has no chance unless Newton can get back to being a dominant force, both running and passing. \u00a0He will need some help from top target Steve Smith who was held in check last week in the ugly loss.<\/p>\n Detroit<\/strong><\/p>\n The Detroit Lions laid an egg last week against Chicago. \u00a0Just like Carolina it seems the bye week was more of a hindrance than a help as they looked flat after a dominating win against Denver the previous week. \u00a0[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The schedule from here on out is a challenge with two games left against Green Bay. \u00a0They absolutely can not afford a stumble against Carolina or else their playoff dreams may disappear.<\/p>\n Despite their overall success the Lions have struggled with injuries all season long. \u00a0Top back Jahvid Best is still doubtful for this one and the combination of Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson is nicked up though probable at this point. \u00a0Best has somewhat been the key as the running game has really struggled without him. \u00a0However, if Stafford plays well there is no way the Lions don\u2019t beat a team like Carolina.<\/p>\n On defense the Lions need to improve their splits. \u00a0Overall they are a solid unit but they get hammered in the running game. \u00a0That may or may not be an issue this week against Newton as not all of his runs are by design. \u00a0Still Carolina does have a nice stable of backs to trot out there. \u00a0This is an important spot for Detroit so we should see a focused effort, with some line value after they were hammered last week.<\/p>\n ATS Pick: \u00a0Detroit -7 Carolina Panthers vs Detroit Lions The Carolina Panthers were the darlings of the football betting world for the first part of the season. \u00a0With Cam Newton leading the charge they were bombing away resulting in a 5-1 ATS run from weeks 3-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45823,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45769\/revisions\/45823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSunday November 20 – 1:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Detroit -310, Carolina +250
\nSpread (ATS): Detroit -7
\nOver\/Under: 47.5
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver\/Under Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Detroit 31 – Carolina 20<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"