NFL Expert Picks Week 17 Carolina Panthers vs Atlanta Falcons Matt Ryan Falcons Quarterback NFL Expert Picks Week 17 - Bet Panthers vs Falcons - Sunday, January 2nd, 1:00pm EST FOX The NFL expert picks week 17 for the 2010-2011 Pro football season are out on the Carolina Panthers vs Atlanta Falcons Sunday afternoon football match-up. This Sunday the Carolina Panthers head to the Georgia Dome as a 14 1/2 point underdog to battle their NFC South rival Atlanta Falcons. The Carolina Panthers offense vs the Atlanta Falcons defense favors the Falcons by default. The Panthers are last in both yards and points, while the Falcons are 17th in yards allowed but 5th in points allowed. Well the Falcons can be thrown on, but the Panthers are just plain terrible throwing the ball. The Panthers will be able to run the ball against this 13th ranked rushing defense, but they won't be able to score points. The NFL expert picks week 17 advantage goes to the Falcons. Check out BOVADA and start winning NOW! Bovada Sportsbook, Casino, Poker Room & Racebook is known in the online gambling industry for having phenomenal customer service, safe and secure deposit methods, fast & easy payouts and terrific bonuses! Don't wait another day, tomorrow will never come! BET on Sports and Play Poker right now at BOVADA and receive a HUGE 20% FREE BET on your first deposit!! The Atlanta Falcons offense vs the Carolina Panthers defense is a closer matchup, but still favors the Falcons. The Falcons are 16th in yards but 5th in points while the Panthers are 16th in yards allowed and 24th in points allowed. the Panthers are not good in stopping the run, 23rd in rushing defense, which goes well for this offense that has a good running back tandem to hand the ball off to. Expect the Falcons to run the ball a lot. NFL expert picks advantage goes to the Falcons. The special teams are a good matchup. The Panthers are 18th in kickoff return average and 15th in punt return average, while the Falcons are 1st in kickoff return average but 18th in punt return average. The Panthers are 20th in kickoff return average allowed and 11th in punt return average allowed, while the Falcons are 11th in kickoff return average allowed and 19th in punt return average allowed. Every matchup is pretty even besides for the Falcons number 1 kickoff return team against the 20th ranked kickoff defense. NFL expert picks week 17 advantage goes to the Falcons. Looking for a few winning Kentucky Derby picks from the pros? Enjoy $50 in FREE picks from PreGame and professional sports picks from Doc's Sports Service, a trusted name in sports handicapping since 1971! Both teams have two good coaching minds. The Panthers head coach Jon Fox and defensive coordinator Ron Meeks has the smarts to change schemes on the fly. That works well for the defense, but the offense can't do anything regardless of what they call. The head coach of the Falcons Mike Smith lets his quarterback Matt Ryan change plays on the fly and do what he wants on offense. The Falcons offense looks like the Indianapolis Colts' offense as far as doing no huddles, and Matt Ryan looking like Colts quarterback Peyton Manning when it comes to changing plays at the line of scrimmage (don't worry, I'm not actually comparing the 2, but just saying what the offense looks like). The Falcons coaching staff will make the right plays to destroy this team. Advantage goes to the Falcons. My NFL expert picks week 17 on the Carolina Panthers vs the Atlanta Falcons Sunday afternoon football game is out. The Falcons should have no trouble winning this game, but it's hard to pick them for the spread for a couple of reasons. This is a divisional rivalry game so most game are always close, and we saw last week that the Falcons had a hard time against a good defense. The Panthers defense is much underrated. Having said all of this, I still believe that the Falcons will blow them out. They will be playing hard because they are still fighting for not just clinching the division, but clinching the number 1 spot in the NFC. They will be running the ball a lot, and the play action pass will be there, plus the fact that the Falcons don't give up a lot of points. The Falcons win this game 34-14. --- by Eric Price at 1800-sports.com on December 29, 2010
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