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Detroit at Atlanta

December 26, 2021
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Premium Pick

Detroit finally has found some offensive rhythm after dominating the Arizona Cardinals, who were 13-point favorites and lost 30-12 to the Lions last week. Jared Goff had his best game of the season with three touchdown passes while completing 21 of 26 passes. Craig Reynolds ran for 112 yards, and the Lions may have a budding star in Amon-Ra St. Brown, who caught eight passes for 90 yards. They might even have found the kicker they have lacked in Riley Patterson, who kicked three field goals against Arizona. Detroit is 9-5 ATS, and Atlanta is 6-8 both straight up and ATS. Also, the Falcons come off of a poor performance against San Francisco, losing 31-13. Matt Ryan threw for 236 yards and a TD, but he was under constant pressure, and that will be true again against Detroit's rejuvenated defense. Detroit beat the Falcons, 23-22, in 2020. Goff is in COVID protocol, but he still could play this week. Still, Detroit has covered the spread five of its last six games and four of five road games. The Falcons are 1-5 ATS their last six home games and 3-8 ATS versus NFC teams (2-6 ATS overall as home favorites dating to last season). Detroit has gone UNDER nine of its last 12, and the Lions are 5-1 UNDER on the road. Atlanta is 14-6 UNDER after scoring fewer than 15 points its previous game. Take the Lions and UNDER.

1 unit on Detroit +7 (-110) (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
WIN
1.5 units on Game Total UNDER 43 -110 (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
WIN
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