Atlanta at Dallas (10/25/2009)

DAL   42

ATL   28

Some good points boys, but remenber a few things from the Bear/Falcons game. Bears cut Falcons to ribbons on overall yardage. Had 3 misques inside the 5. Not that crazy about Falcon secondary and they have to show me they win a bin game on the road. Ya, they handled Shawn Hill and Issac Bruce on the road, but Dallas is fresh and will be attacking that secondary. Felix Jones is back and as inconsistent as Romo has been, he still has a solid run blocking O-line. If Dallas loses this game, they might now make the playoffs. Huge game for Romo and Witten to get back in national spotlight for something positive. Cowboys and momentum from bye week and home crowd lead the way. Dallas 33 Falcons 28. PS Mike Turner must help out Falcon offense, he needs a big day or will put Matty Ryan in a tough spot.

Atl   after 2 or more consecutive wins 0-7 last 3 years ATS

I like ATL here to cover

DAL coming off the bye and ATL coming off a tough game against CHI.

I see ATL keeping it close so I'll take ATL to cover.

I'll make a play on the Dirty Birds.

Tough game to call. My first thought was, Dallas is favored? 

There are some reasons to like the Boys in this game. Looking at trends Ryan is much better ats at home and the one posted by Zucchero. The reverse line movement. Dallas is starting to healthy, while the Falcons are banged up in their secondary. Miles Austin.

The only game the Falcons have struggled all year has been against the Pats. In that game Fred Taylor was able to run all over Atl in route to a 10-26 NE victory. I wouldnt be shocked if the Cowboys running backs are able to duplicate Freddy T. You can say that they held Mia and Car running games in check. They also had Jerry for both of those games and Mia really played badly that week. Carolina's head coach Fox, just seemed to not realize that their best chances to win would have been to give the ball to their 2 best players who happen to be running backs. Atl is ranked 27th against run, in terms of ypc.

Of course, an easy argument can be made for the Falcons. Starting with how they have only allowed 2 sacks all season, both is week 1. Dallas only has 10 sacks all year, however 7 of them have come in the last 2 weeks.

Dallas -4

very significant early RLM as the public has every reason to think that atlanta is the better team here, having seen the boys lose to denver late and need an overtime TD to put away the feeble chiefs. Nevertheless, they opened as 3 point favorites and with an early public beating of the falcons, the line only made it easier on the public to pound the points. Nevertheless, i'm not quite as convinced that the falcons are who we think they are. Meanwhile, cowboy stock is running pretty cheap these days and we all know that buying low is the way to go.

Cowboys are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a bye week
Cowboys are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games as a home favorite

DAL -4.5

like the cowboys off a bye week and with the line moving in favors of...

Dallas - 4.5

NOW HERES AN INTERESTING MATCHUP. COWBOYS HAVE NOT DONE NOTHING THIS YEAR! AND THEY DO NOTHING TODAY WITH THE FLACONS IN TOWN!

FLACONS +4.5

NFL  WEEK 1 ATS (5-11)

NFL  WEEK 2 ATS (5-1-10)

NFL  WEEK 3 ATS (9-7)

NFL WEEK 4 ATS (8-6)

NFL WEEK 5 ATS (8-6)

NFL WEEK 6 ATS (5-9)

Oh man... Atlanta all the way here!

Falcons 30 - 16

Why no respect for the Falcons????

Cowboys -4.5