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11/16/2008 - Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jay Cutler's nine-yard touchdown pass to Daniel Graham in the latter half of the fourth quarter lifted the Denver Broncos to a 24-20 come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons.
Cutler completed 19-of-27 passes for 216 yards for the Broncos (6-4), who have won two straight after dropping three games in a row. Brandon Marshall made six grabs for 89 yards, while rookie Peyton Hillis added two rushing scores.
Matt Ryan connected on 20-of-33 pass attempts for 250 yards with one interception for Atlanta (6-4), which had a two-game winning streak snapped and trails the front-running Panthers by two games in the NFC South. The Falcons host Carolina next Sunday.
Michael Turner rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries for the Falcons, who suffered their first blemish at home in five games.
Roddy White led all receivers with 102 yards on five receptions, but couldn't haul in a potential game-winning touchdown in the late stages of the contest.
A 28-yard sprint by Turner capped an eight-play, 77-yard drive and put Atlanta up 20-17 with 10:41 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Denver, though, quickly recaptured the lead on its next possession. On 3rd- and-7 at his own 20, Cutler hit Marshall for a 47-yard gain. The Broncos marched to the Falcons' nine, where, on 3rd-and-goal, Cutler threw a strike to Graham in the back of the end zone, giving Denver a 24-20 lead with 5:35 to play.
The Falcons nearly made a dramatic comeback of their own. On 3rd-and-18 at the Denver 45, Ryan aired it out to White, but the receiver bobbled the ball in the end zone. Ryan then threw incomplete to Michael Jenkins on fourth down and Denver escaped with the win.
Following a three-and-out by Atlanta, the Broncos began their first drive of the contest at their own 45. Faced with a 3rd-and-9, Cutler delivered a 12- yard strike to Brandon Stokley. The third-year pro continued to carve Atlanta's defense, completing three more passes to place the ball at the Falcons 21. After a false start penalty and incompletion forced a 3rd-and-6, Cutler hit Stokley for 10 yards, setting up Hillis, who pounded it up the gut from seven yards away two plays later for his first career rushing touchdown.
A former third-round pick (70th overall) by Denver in the 1993 draft, Jason Elam booted a 46-yard field with 2:26 remaining in the opening quarter. The veteran kicker and three-time Pro Bowler spent 15 seasons with the Broncos before signing with Atlanta last March.
Elam's 36-yarder pulled the Falcons within one early in the second quarter.
Denver then failed to cash in on a terrific return by Eddie Royal on the ensuing kickoff. The rookie out of Virginia Tech amassed 58 yards before he was tackled at the Atlanta 38. However, the Broncos couldn't get a first down and Matt Prater's 49-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.
The Falcons got the ball back at their own 39 and needed just seven plays to grab the lead. Turner was stopped for no gain on 3rd-and-1 and Ryan applied a hard count to draw the defense offsides on fourth down. Atlanta mustered only one yard over the next two plays, but the rookie signal-caller hooked up with White for a big third-down conversion.
While under duress, Ryan rolled to his right and lofted a wobbly pass to White for 37 yards. Turner ran through a gaping hole on the left side for a nine- yard score on the subsequent play, and the Falcons went into halftime up 13-7.
Denver orchestrated an 11-play, 77-yard drive to open the second half, and Hillis' two-yard TD run gave the Broncos a one-point lead five minutes into the third quarter.
Ryan, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2008 draft, was intercepted by Dre Bly on the next series. Denver eventually settled for three points off the leg of Prater -- a 20-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter -- after failing three times to punch it in from inside the five-yard line.
Game Notes
Denver is 3-2 on the road...The Broncos return home next Sunday to face Oakland...Denver has won six of the last seven meetings against Atlanta...Hillis rushed for 44 yards and caught three passes for 26 yards...Denver rookie Spencer Larsen became the first player in club history to start on offense and defense. He lined up at fullback, linebacker and also contributed on special teams.
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MySportsbook.com favors Bears, Bengals, Chargers and Colts to remain perfect
LAS VEGAS , Sept. 28 - Two big match-ups of undefeated teams have fans salivating at the Week Four schedule in the NFL. The Chicago Bears stifling defense looks to provide a less than hospitable welcome to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night in a battle of two 3-0 teams in the NFC conference. In the AFC, the San Diego Chargers (2-0) head to Maryland to face the surprising Baltimore Ravens (3-0) as both try to keep pace atop the conference standings. Betting Lines makers at MySportsbook.com, online sportsbook and casino, have set the Bears as 3.5 point favorites while the Chargers are a 2.5 point bet.
Of the three remaining undefeated teams, only one, New Orleans, enters this week's game as an underdog. Despite an emotional and resounding win over Atlanta on Monday night, the Saints are a 7.5 point underdog against the struggling Carolina Panthers. Indianapolis looks to stay perfect when they face the New York Jets as a 9 point road favorite while the Cincinnati Bengals are a 6 point favorite at home to the New England Patriots.
Six teams enter the week still looking for their first win, with a seventh, Tampa Bay, on a bye week. The prospect of dropping another game would not bode well for a potential playoff run. Since 1990, just three teams -- the 1992 Chargers, 1995 Detroit Lions and 1998 Buffalo Bills -- have overcome losing their first three games of the season to earn a postseason berth. And only the Chargers managed to accomplish the feat after starting 0-4.
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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