The Atlanta Falcons' quest to get back to the Super Bowl is alive. Atlanta and Matt Ryan had a huge offensive output year last season, and did not come close to duplicating that this year. That doesn't mean the potential is not there, or they are bad offensively, they actually are above average. In fact, of the eight teams remaining in the playoffs, the Atlanta offense generates 6.0 yards per play, good for third and just 0.1 below the 6.1 average of New England. Philadelphia lost Carson Wentz, and Nick Foles is certainly an able bodied replacement. Foles has appeared in 49 NFL games with his team scoring an above average 24.9 points per game. Many will look at the Eagles' zero points in their season finale as reason to suspect the Foles led Philadelphia offense, but a team entering their playoff game after scoring 14 or fewer are 27-14 to the OVER, topping the total by 5.56 points per contest. (6-1 if they scored three or fewer). Play the OVER the total.
This pick was released to clients on January 10, 2018 at 1:06PM ET.
NFL
Atlanta at Philadelphia
January 13, 2018
4:35 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Game Total OVER 41 -105 (risk 1.5 to return 2.93)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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