Non conference matchup for Falcons and Bengals here on Sunday, two teams that started with victories in their season.

Great victories for both as they won a divisional match at the premiere, the Bengals except for a long-standing seat for these Ravens with 23-16, and the Falcons within the Saints in a crazy match 37-34.

Only one of the results is easy to understand who has the best defense here. Considering the Bengals defensive line one of the best in the NFL, and I think it will be particularly successful today in the pass rush to the Falcons. The Falcons note that they are now playing without their two main offensive guards. Traditionally the Cinci is possible at home, and in recent years Dalton has often raised its numbers in its home games. The Bengals on the premiere showed that they could easily reach the red zone but did not make touchdowns, and here I expect to change this as the red zone defense of Atlanta is quite inferior as we saw in their own premiere.

Also the spot here for the Falcons I would not say it is the best. Besides the fact that they are in a difficult position, it is an off-home non-conference match which many times the teams do not give the 100%, followed by an important divisional match against Tampa. Falcons might also be a bit flopped after their victory against the Saints rivals, as the match had intense emotional transitions and was judged to be the extension.

I do not hide that I like Cinci. here, while it has some good trends over it. 5-1 at the 3 last year as home-based favorite (3.5-7 points) and 6-1 at the same time in non-conference matches.

In the week 1, several favorites broke and covered the underdog, of course this will not happen every week and I think here is a good chance to get the favorite. That Five. has a lot of points for today's match and I feel like we have a pretty good line to cover as the book has given a little more weight than it had to win the Falcons against the Saints. In -5 the line to be covered by Bengals @ 1.90.

Eastern conference matchup for the two teams who finish their schedule tonight before the all-star break.

We met them a couple of days ago against the Pelikans, and they made us grace even if they covered the spread in their first match behind a Western trip. Today they will give the second, after a match where the attack worked well enough, over some dead intervals that allowed the Pelicans to stay close. I expect them even more improved tonight, 13-10 this year, and 11-11-1 ats, with their overall ats being 30-20-1. As a favorite in 6 points is 3-1 ats, and after winning 15-12. In some other trends, we see Toronto having 15-10 ats in this year's rematch, and 18-10 against teams that allow 99 + points. Johnson is doubtful and today he has barely hit the previous match.

Desforce the Hawks in the least, demonstrating in the last match that you just do not get the matches with defense. They come to Canada tonight after yesterday's physical match in Chicago where they lost for 4 in 85-100. This was 3 in 4 last game that was left behind 90 points, with their ats in the last 5 being 1-4. With a deep-rooted rooster, the Hawks played a lot of starters in Chicago yesterday, with 4 of them writing 30 + minutes, which would seem to affect their freshness to today's back to back. 9-16 away from the Hawks, and 11-14 ats. 4-7 ATS in a back to back match this year, and 2-4 after a match where 85 scored the fewest points. He is absent today with Horford and Jenkins for the rest of the season, while Antic will be absent by the end of the month.

And Horford had a pretty good match in the first meeting of the two and helped enough to win with 102-95, so we will see a different picture near the basket today where the bigons of Toronto have shown a good person this year. The delivery here is for the Hawks who are counting 8-1 at the last 9 in Toronto, with the two teams having dealt 3 at last year's 8 4 matches (4-XNUMX) regardless of their home.

A fair favorite is Toronto today, which will face a deformed Atlanta with great difficulty in scoring and quite tired tonight. The picture is quite different from the first match they gave and I think it is a good opportunity for the Raptors to get a rematch here. The fact that they have the ability to score will help them today as if they open the gap a little I do not see the Hawks able to cover it while it is also an opportunity to improve their defensive behavior against a weak attack. Bet365 and Stoiximan at -5.5 for the Raptors @ 1.83

A match today at the NFL which closes the schedule for this week. The Falcons are going to 49ers tonight with today's match being the last in Candlestick Park for the regular season as in the summer a new stadium will be built in its place.

Reversing the two teams this year, San Fran locks the play-offs today with a win, while Falcons with 4-10 this year has the third worst record in the NFL. Strong favorite in San Fran, but the big handicap that has to cover leaves me indifferent, while to follow the weak Falcons this year is difficult.

On the contrary I would prefer to go under here as I will follow the strengths and weaknesses of the teams this year. 49ers play great defense in most of their matches, keeping much better teams than today's opponent low in the score. In their last 6 matches they have brought 5 under with opponents surpassing just once the 20 points (New Orleans 23). 17 is coming home in its last 3 match, defensive performance ranks at 15. San Francisco is aggressive, but not impressive, as when it comes to the match, it plays the ball quite a bit, and in combination with its good defense, it chews the time. At 22.6 points this year's aggressive home production. 5-2 at under this year San Francisco at its headquarters.

On the other side, we have the Falcons who, when they find 49ers level opponents, generally struggle in the match and usually stay under. 4-3 on the under-off Falcons this year with the attack to make it close to the 21 points on the trips. His defensive function is problematic and will probably be the point where the bet will judge. Falcons accepts 29 offsides, with performance showing a slight improvement in 3 last match by falling to 26 passive.

I expect the 49ers to open the gap quickly with the rest of the match going at a controlled pace with the 49ers defense taking the reins and the Falcons not being able to easily find corridors. Here I find the limit a little raised for a match in which one of the top defenses in the league plays. On the other hand, despite the bad season, the Falcons have experienced players who will hardly make tragic mistakes to get the score. Under 46 offers at 1.93 Stoiximan.

The NFL program opens this week with New Orleans Saints making a short trip to Atlanta Falcons.

Divisional battle today as the two teams are participating in the NFC South, with Saints topping record 8-2 in a match in front of the Karolina pursuing them. The Atlanta is at the end of the 2-8 table this year, and basically has no mathematical hopes for a wild card.

With another big victory, the Saints won their 49ers at 23-20 in New Orleans, and this victory gave them realistic chances to chase pioneers in the NFC Seahawks as they are just two games behind them, while on 2 / 12 Saints will go to Seattle for the match. Of course, it is the current Atlanta that seems pretty good, as Saints have been doing pretty well with the Falcons in recent years. 4 wins the 5 3 4 matches last year, covering both the 23 and 17 victories, when they opened this season with a victory against Falcons 12-15 at home when the Atlanta was still full and had no injuries. If we go even further back we will see that Saints have taken 6 as a whole from the last 0 matches that the two teams have given. The performances of this year's team show that it is a complete set that easily scores with excellent Brees at the wheel and takes several points from the aggressive defense it plays. Saints have won all the NFC teams (20-7) this year and are just a few steps away from blocking a play-off position. Being in a closed field the match favors Saints and the strong hand of Brees, which shows their record when playing in domes in recent years, 3-5 ATS 1 last years and XNUMX-XNUMX ATS this year.

The relatively good season last year was quickly forgotten with this year's ugly presence of the Falcons. Injuries mainly to the defensive piece accounted for the team receiving pits as pistachios. Tampa passed their score after the unexpected defeat in Florida, 28-41, which was the third consecutive match to take over 30 points, the other two before Carolina and Seattle, Saints-level teams. The Falcons, who seem to have flown a white towel this season, have already been filled with defeats. Aggressively the team is one-dimensional with Ryan throwing the ball where he last finds 14 interceptions this year, which is dangerous to the qualitative defense against Saints. For Falcons's defense there is not much to say, 400 + yards have allowed in the last two games with Tampa's rookie qb to take part in the last match. For today's Falcons, the numbers are coming to indicate the difficulty of the current 0-6 this year ATS as underdog, 1-5 ATS 3 last years as 3.5 outsider as 9 points, 1-6 ATS this year with fewer than 6 days rest and 2 / 10 ATS 3 last years against positive record teams.

It is difficult to compare the two teams at the moment as the Falcons have lost a lot of their strength but even when they were full at the beginning the Saints took them again. Today the Saints only have goals and they want to stand out while the Falcons have their minds elsewhere and if the match goes wrong they will hardly fight it. I see superiority in the match for the Saints today, which justifies the line that has gone up close to 10 points. The fact that Stoiximan still has it at 7 is a good case. So Saints at -7 @ 1.93

Continue on the NFL today with a showdown between two teams that are following different routes right now.

Atlanta Falcons with a perfect record at 5-0 and 4-1 ATS welcome the troubled Raiders that are 1-3 and 1-3 ATS. Atlanta may not be as imposing as this year's record shows but has the way to take the games this year. Defense generates enough turnovers (14) and has at least one in each match. Aggressively the Falcons have a small drop in the running game, but in the air they are excellent with Ryan and his company (White-Jones-Gonzalez) taking part in passing yards and touchdowns, with 281 yards per match. The total aggressive production for Falkons this year is close to the 30 points, while defending 19.

The Raiders are not in good shape and most problems come from the defense. The team receives more than 30 points per match, and these statistics were shown in the 6-37 match where, beyond the big score, Broncos allowed 500 + yards to accumulate. Beyond the defense and the attack is sluggish and is last in the league with only 61 yards per game / rushing! Overall, aggressive production for Oakland is just 17 re / check points.

The Falcons today will continue their good course before heading off against a team that is aggressively aggressive and is actually a pack of defensive boxing. I expect the Atlanta to score enough in the air tonight as it has the weapons to get points from all. Suppose the final score would be a double-digit difference for the Falcons, since the Raiders have to make a total transformation to get competitive today.

Atlanta Falcons - 8.5 @ 1.82, Pinnacle.

Today's baseball showdown is the beginning of a crucial series of races for the two teams.

The Phillies welcome the Braves tonight with Kyle Kendrick in place of the Ptscher who has met Braves twice this year. In August against Braves, Kendrick allowed 6 runs and 7 hits with just 3 innings! Overall, Kendrick has a negative record (7 / 10) with ERA on 3.95. In his previous participation he lost to the weak Astros, as he accepted 4 runs and 7 hits in 5 innings. Problems and piching reserves for Phillies have managed to close 17 28 3.59 matches with ERA at 250. The Phillies' assault went back to the previous series with New York and beats at a rate close to .XNUMX at home.

Tommy Hanson is taking on pitching duties for the Braves today and although his record (12 / 8) is positive, his ERA is not that good (4.33). After his injuries, in his last three games he has accepted 8 runs and 14 hits. Opposite to Phillies this year has not gone so well, since in two games he has accepted 7 runs and 14 hits altogether. Aggressively, Atlanta knocks a percentage close to .250 against top-ranked pocket players like their current rival, and draws about 5 runs per match against teams in National.

Both teams aggressively aggressively but also motivated for the continuation of both sets tonight. The piching looks like a problem, and we are unbeatable for both teams, but they seem to allow a lot of runs between Phillies and Braves with these two at the mound. Suppose we have another big score in today's match and I will bet on over here in the total number of runs.

Over 7.5 total runs @ 1.95 on Pinnacle.