{"id":80836,"date":"2014-08-12T08:53:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=80836"},"modified":"2014-08-12T08:54:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:54:36","slug":"season-win-totals-predictions-atlanta-falcons-2014-lines-12814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nfl\/season-win-totals-predictions-atlanta-falcons-2014-lines-12814\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Win Totals NFL Predictions &#8211; Atlanta Falcons 2014 Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Falcons Over \/ Under Season Wins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>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.<!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s Dirty Birds were running on fumes, especially along the offensive and defensive lines. The Falcons hope their focus on firming up the lines will result in a more consistent winner in 2014.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Over Under Lines<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ATLANTA FALCONS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Head Coach: Mike Smith<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2013 Record: 4-12<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Over\/Under for Wins in 2014: Over 8.5 (-115), Under 8.5 (-115)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Atlanta has possessed the skill-position players necessary to light up a scoreboard for a couple of seasons now, but the amount QB Matt Ryan was constantly under duress made that a moot point.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s undeniable that the WR duo of Julio Jones and Roddy White is among the league&#8217;s best; if Ryan can remain upright and composed, there&#8217;s bound to be some aerial fireworks in the Georgia Dome.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran RB Steven Jackson helps balance the offense, but he&#8217;s precisely that &#8211; a veteran. He is 31 and perhaps doesn&#8217;t have the explosiveness he showed earlier in his career with the Rams.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan passed on over 67% of the offensive plays last season, and the diminished offensive line meant he sustained a ton of punishment, with the turnovers and failures that go along with that.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><a title=\"Sports Picks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK to GRAB OUR BEST Expert Sports &amp; Football Picks for 2014 GAMBLING!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the injuries to Jones and White last year, Harry Douglas emerged as a reliable receiver. He becomes a nice No. 3 target to have with the two big guns back and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>To address the issues, the team drafted OT Jake Matthews from Texas A&amp;M with its sixth pick overall in the Draft. They also jettisoned Todd McClure and Tyson Clabo in the offseason; they believe Pete Konz and Lamar Holmes are ready to take their place and that could be a case of addition-through-subtraction.<br \/>\n[soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<br \/>\nThe D-line was also a mess in &#8217;13. Accordingly, the Falcons acquired DL &#8216;tweener Tyson Jackson from Kansas City and DT Paul Soliai from the Dolphins in the offseason. In addition to these veterans, Atlanta used its second-round pick on Minnesota DE Ra&#8217;Shede Hageman, a player that comes with his challenges but also has a really high ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>The Birds also brought in return-man legend Devin Hester in order to electrify the special teams unit.<\/p>\n<p>If the offensive line can jell and the defensive line can create more pressure, a lot of the problems from last year could mysteriously vanish. Let&#8217;s not forget, though, that the Falcons play in the NFC South division with the perennially-strong New Orleans Saints and the Carolina Panthers, last year&#8217;s darling and divisional champ.<\/p>\n<p>It still seems like the Falcons are relying upon a re-jigged rather than improved O-line, which is scary for their prospects. Matthews will be a great lineman in the league, but he&#8217;s a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>In-house options like Konz, Holmes and Sam Baker could make strides, but they are not without their warts.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons were used to being a &#8220;have&#8221; in the NFC, but that changed quickly in 2013. It will be interesting to see how this club bounces back from a lost season.<\/p>\n<p>Still, better luck with health alone will make this team better.<\/p>\n<p><b>2014 Record Prediction: 8-8<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>The 2014\/15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/nfl\/\">NFL futures betting<\/a> season is here in full force! If you like to bet on the NFL, you are in the best possible place for online betting.<\/b><br \/>\n<b>CappersPicks.com has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/nfl\/lines\/\">NFL odds<\/a> up on a ton of futures, and you will also find NFL lines up for early games as well.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falcons Over \/ Under Season Wins 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":64625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[53145,1483,1807,63328,63329,414,56170,63330,1618,16857,63040],"class_list":["post-80836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-53145","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlanta-falcons-odds","tag-betting-atlanta-falcons","tag-falcons","tag-falcons-futures","tag-falcons-over-under-season-wins","tag-nfl-futures","tag-nfl-season-win-total-odds","tag-over-under-nfl-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80836","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\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80836"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80951,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80836\/revisions\/80951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}