Holy Suspicious Line Batman!

ATL -3.5 over DET?

Without a receiver aside from the real CJ2K (Calvin Johnson), this Detroit team has looked awful on offense. And their defense is banged up. And they really have no heart or interest in these games, it seems.

Yet, ATL has yet to clinch a bye, and is only favored by 3.5?

This is a strange line. I thought the line would be ATL-7, and I would have still bet that.

What am I missing here?

Quote Originally Posted by shark_apreza:

what has of suspicios ----

1.- ATL its not at home, so if you set the line on -3.5/-4 , on the dome would be -7 add in some other factors as some one mentioned this could be very very easily -9.5

2.- ATL has already locked in 1st round bye, so odds makers doesnt expect the falcons to be in full throttle mode right now, of course falcons might not want to lose any more games, but , they wont put a 100% effort on any of the remaining games because its more important to them to get their FIRST play off win, than this 2 garbage games

so -- where is the suspicios thing

Hate to break it to ya, champ; but, ATL hasn't locked in a 1st round bye yet.

Sorry :(

I hate how so many people don't understand the concept of home field.

It's a 6 point swing to go from home to away, that's why the short fishy lines are always on a road favorite.

For example, a team giving a full 7 at home would only be giving -1 to the same opponent on the road. That's just the way point spreads work.

In case you haven't noticed, the Falcons haven't played very well lately. Sure they beat the Giants last week (at home), but whether anyone wants to admit it or not, the Giants have been struggling for weeks now.

Over the past 6 weeks, Atlanta has lost to New Orleans, should have lost outright to the Cardinals, squeaked by a Tampa team that is struggling right now, and gotten their doors blown off by the Panthers.

Atlanta is a good home team, but because they are so good at home, their home lines are pretty high. When they're on the road, the line is shorter, which makes it easier for people to bet them.

Atlanta is 0-2-1 ATS in their last 3 road games.