Dirty's Online Gambling Headlines: NFL Week 9 Pick- Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers Look to Keep Pace in NFC South

There is a big showdown in the NFC South this Sunday. The NFL sends the 4-3 Atlanta Falcons on the road to face the 5-3 Carolina Panthers in a 1 p.m. start on FOX from Bank of America Stadium.

BetAnySports has opened the Panthers as two-point home favorites and the total has been set at 43.5 points. The line now has the Falcons as 2.5-point road favorites. The total has dropped to 42.5.

Carolina’s recent offensive woes has resulted in two losses in its last three games (both SU and ATS). The team has only scored a grand total of just 43 points. The Panthers now have a 4-3-1 record ATS. They have a 5-3 SU record through the first half of the season.

The total stayed UNDER 46 points in Sunday’s 17-3 victory against Tampa Bay. The Panthers were a slight 1.5-point underdog on the road. The Panthers return home with a 0-2-1 record ATS in three previous home games this season.

Cam Newton and the Carolina offense has been sputtering along the past three weeks. The Panthers defense has played well all season. It has continued to show up each and every week this year. The dominating squad is holding opponents to an average of 17.8 points per game. The Panthers D is ranked second in the NFL in total yards allowed at 264.0 yards per game.

Last Sunday against the Buccaneers, the Panthers posted three turnovers while sacking Jameis Winston three times to hold him below 200 yards passing on the day.

Falcons Offense Needs to Get in Sync to Compete

The Falcons schedule over the past month included four-straight games against a team from the AFC East. The result was a straight-up 1-3 record while going 0-4 against the spread. The Falcons avoided a sweep by the AFC East by beating the Jets 25-20 in New York.

The Falcons were listed as 6.5-point favorites. The late scores also took the total OVER 43 points. Falcons games had stayed UNDER BetAnySports’ closing line in the previous three games. Atlanta is now 2-5 against the spread this season.

Atlanta’s offense with veteran quarterback Matt Ryan at the helm could never really get on track during this four-game span. The team had an average of 16.5 points per game. That is well below a season average of 21.9 points per game that is now ranked 16^th in the NFL.

The Falcons are still fifth in total yards gained behind a balanced attack of passing and running the ball.

Both of these NFC South rivals have struggled on offense lately. These teams have each shown the ability to put points on the board this season. Facing off against each other for the first time this season should provide a higher scoring. This game should go over BetAnySports’ current 42.5-point total line for this game.

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Atlanta	4-3	2-5	21.86	21.71	0.15	1-2	1-3	3-4	1-2	2-2
Carolina	5-3	4-3-1	18.50	17.75	0.75	0-2-1	4-1	4-4	2-1	2-3

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	17.14	14.77	2.38
CAR	16.81	14.87	1.94

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	11.49	9.44	2.05
CAR	10.16	9.18	0.98

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	4.81	4.02	0.79
CAR	3.38	3.75	-0.37

Atlanta Falcons

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	4-3	1-2	3-1	2-5	1-2	1-3	21.86	21.71	0.15
vs Conf	3-0	1-0	2-0	2-1	1-0	1-1	29.00	22.00	7.00
vs Div	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Last 3	1-2	0-1	1-1	0-3	0-1	0-2	16.33	21.00	-4.67

Carolina Panthers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-3	1-2	4-1	4-3-1	0-2-1	4-1	18.50	17.75	0.75
vs Conf	3-3	0-2	3-1	3-3	0-2	3-1	17.67	18.17	-0.50
vs Div	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	17.00	3.00	14.00
Last 3	1-2	0-1	1-1	1-2	0-1	1-1	14.33	16.00	-1.67

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	21.86	15	17.75	5
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	263.50	5	176.33	6
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	118.75	10	106.33	15
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	18.50	23	21.71	16
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	186.33	28	226.50	13
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	96.33	23	100.25	10

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Atlanta	5-5	4-6	4-6	20.30	83.20	4.00	38.90	69.41	276.80	360.00	1.70
Carolina	5-5	6-4	4-6	26.40	142.40	5.10	32.50	59.69	218.00	360.40	1.20

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY
Dec 24, 2016	ATL	CAR	33-16	152	256	408	0	119	183	302	2
Oct 2, 2016	CAR	ATL	33-48	49	329	378	2	90	481	571	1
Dec 27, 2015	CAR	ATL	13-20	155	113	268	1	77	296	373	1
Dec 13, 2015	ATL	CAR	0-38	54	176	230	4	142	282	424	0
Dec 28, 2014	CAR	ATL	34-3	194	112	306	0	63	225	288	3
Nov 16, 2014	ATL	CAR	19-17	86	260	346	1	106	285	391	2
Dec 29, 2013	CAR	ATL	21-20	134	149	283	2	76	231	307	1
Nov 3, 2013	ATL	CAR	10-34	78	211	289	4	131	242	373	2
Dec 9, 2012	ATL	CAR	20-30	35	327	362	1	195	280	475	0
Sep 30, 2012	CAR	ATL	28-30	199	205	404	1	121	305	426	1

Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Atlanta's last 21 games
Atlanta is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing Carolina
Atlanta is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Atlanta's last 22 games when playing on the road against Carolina

Carolina Panthers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games
Carolina is 1-4-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Carolina is 18-6 SU in its last 24 games at home
Carolina is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 8 games when playing Atlanta
Carolina is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Carolina's last 22 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Atlanta Falcons

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 29, 2017	NYJ	25-20	W	-6.5/43	L/O	140	246	386	43	236	279	1	A
Oct 22, 2017	NE	7-23	L	2.5/55.5	L/U	120	223	343	162	241	403	0	A
Oct 15, 2017	MIA	17-20	L	-14/45.5	L/U	100	239	339	138	151	289	0	H
Oct 1, 2017	BUF	17-23	L	-8/47.5	L/U	149	242	391	117	164	281	3	H
Sep 24, 2017	DET	30-26	W	-3/50.5	W/O	151	277	428	71	253	324	3	A

Carolina Panthers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 29, 2017	TB	17-3	W	1.5/46	W/U	100	154	254	85	194	279	-2	A
Oct 22, 2017	CHI	3-17	L	-2.5/39.5	L/U	108	185	293	68	85	153	3	A
Oct 12, 2017	PHI	23-28	L	-3/43.5	L/O	80	225	305	101	209	310	2	H
Oct 8, 2017	DET	27-24	W	2/41.5	W/O	28	334	362	50	192	242	-1	A
Oct 1, 2017	NE	33-30	W	9/47.5	W/O	140	304	444	80	293	373	2	A