Atlanta Falcons 2022 NFL betting preview: Kyle Pitts among lone bright spots

Main as much as the 2022 NFL season, Publish Motion Betting will launch a playing preview for all 32 groups within the Nationwide Soccer League, overlaying the schedule, predictions, win whole over/below picks and prop bets for each workforce. At this time, we'll cowl the Atlanta Falcons. Remember to atone for our Houston Texans preview, revealed yesterday.

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2021 report: 7-10, third in NFC South

This season marks the beginning of a rebuild for the Falcons, which opted to commerce veteran quarterback Matt Ryan in March. In addition they signed journeyman quarterback Marcus Mariota to a two-year deal in a corresponding transfer. That leaves Falcons head coach Arthur Smith with a really younger roster that includes Mariota, second-year tight finish Kyle Pitts and rookie huge receiver Drake London because the predominant talent place gamers.

The Ryan commerce, mixed with the departure of Julio Jones final season, leaves Atlanta’s entrance workplace with little or no wiggle room. Because it stands, the Falcons have north of $60 million in useless cap cash for the 2022 season. Per spotrac.com, that qualifies as the most important useless cap hit within the NFL.

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Falcons offseason strikes: Draft, trades, free agent signings, damage report

  • Traded QB Matt Ryan to Indianapolis Colts
  • Drafted USC WR Drake London (No. 8), Penn State DE Arnold Ebiketie (No. 38), Montana State LB Troy Anderson (No. 58), Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder (No. 74), Western Kentucky LB DeAngelo Malone (No. 82), BYU RB Tyler Allgeier (No. 151), Georgia G Justin Shaffer (No. 190), Georgia TE John FitzPatrick (No. 213)
  • Signed QB Marcus Mariota, WR Geronimo Allison, TE Tucker Fisk, DB Tre Webb and LB Nick Kwiatkowski
  • Acquired WR Bryan Edwards
Marcus Mariota
Marcus Mariota
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Falcons 2022 schedule

Week 1: vs. New Orleans Saints
Week 2: at Los Angeles Rams
Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks
Week 4: vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 5: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 6: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 8: vs. Carolina Panthers
Week 9: vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Week 10: at Carolina Panthers
Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears
Week 12: at Washington Commanders
Week 13: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 14: BYE
Week 15: at New Orleans Saints
Week 16: at Baltimore Ravens
Week 17: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 18: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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NFL betting traces: Falcons win whole O/U

4.5 wins (FanDuel)

The Falcons win whole is understandably low at 4.5 given their general lack of star-power at talent positions. Apparently, the over is getting juiced to -120 at Fanduel Sportsbook, whereas bettors who consider the Falcons win 4 or fewer video games can get +100 on the below.

This workforce will probably be fortunate to even get to 4 wins. Keep in mind, this workforce completed 2-4 within the division final season with a reliable quarterback and has a schedule riddled with potential video games the place Atlanta will probably be double-digit underdogs. Furthermore, there are — at minimal — 9 practically surefire losses on the schedule for this workforce: twice in opposition to the Bucs, on the Saints, Rams, 49ers, Cardinals, Ravens, Bengals, and Chargers.

Drake London
Drake London
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Assuming that idea holds, within the eight remaining video games on the schedule — Seahawks, Browns, Panthers (x2), Bears, Commanders, Steelers, Saints — the Falcons would wish to go 5-3 to money the over for his or her win whole.

It definitely helps the Falcons that 5 of these eight remaining video games come at residence, however even that may not assist them very a lot. Over the past two seasons, Atlanta is 4-12 straight up at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Plus, 5 of these video games come within the second half of the season, the place the workforce might see a scarcity of motivation from the Falcons ought to they get off to a poor begin. Additional, at the very least six of these groups (all however the Seahawks) have what many would describe as competent offenses. This could turn out to be useful in opposition to an Atlanta protection that ranked thirtieth in Defensive DVOA final season, per footballoutsiders.com.

For these causes, lean to the below on the Falcons’ win whole. In the event that they recover from it, it's prone to be by the slightest of margins, so this is a great spot to again the plus-money market.

Falcons O/U 4.5 Wins: The Decide

Underneath 4.5 Wins (+100)

Kyle Pitts, Falcons
Kyle Pitts, Falcons
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Professional Finest Bets, Futures and Props

Kyle Pitts over 875.5 Receiving Yards (FanDuel)

Mix the truth that the Falcons lack a real working menace with the belief they’ll play behind so much, and it’s instantly price Pitts’ receiving yard whole.

As a rookie final season, Pitts pulled in 68 catches for a complete of 1,026 yards. Pitts dropped solely 5.5 p.c of passes on his solution to a Professional Bowl look, per pro-football-reference.com.

Plus, Pitts ranked fifth in all of soccer in efficient yards and 14th in DVOA amongst tight ends, per footballoutsiders.com. Given there are too many unknowns about how the newly-acquired Bryan Edwards and first-year participant London will carry out of their new roles, Pitts is a participant price trusting.

Add in that Mariota has expertise taking part in with expert TEs — Darren Waller in Las Vegas, Delanie Walker in Tennessee — and it is rather cheap to anticipate one other sturdy season for Pitts in 2022.

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