PREMIUM
AAA's 10* EARLY PLAY *Saints/Falcons* TOTAL BLOCKBUSTER SPECIAL!
(NFL) New Orleans vs. Atlanta,
09/07/2014 9:00 AM, Score: 34 - 37
Total: 51.50 | -107.00 Under
Result: Win
Total: 51.50 | -107.00 Under
Result: Win
This is a 10* "TOTAL BLOCKBUSTER" on the OVER between the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons.
When you think about these two clubs, what's the first thing that comes to mind? For me, it starts and ends with the two men under center. The Saints' Drew Brees will once again be a Top 3 QB pick in every Football pool this year, and while he had a rare off-season in 2013, the Falcons' go as Matt Ryan goes. So it may come as a surprise to learn that three of these teams last four in the series have gone UNDER the posted number. New Orleans won 23-17 at home in September and 17-13 in Atlanta in late November. For a number of different reasons, I feel that this strong trend gets "bucked" in their 2014/15 opener. After going 7-9 SU in 2012, an effort which saw it miss the postseason for the first time in four years, New Orleans would storm out of the gate in 2013 by winning its first five. Brees was the focal point as he will be once again this season; note that the prolific QB would pass for 5,162 yards and a 68 percent completion rate in 2013 (it was his third season in a row with at least 5,000 passing yards). An 11-5 SU record saw the Saints return to the playoffs where they edged past the Eagles 26-24, stumbling finally in the divisional playoffs to the eventual champion Seattle Seahawks. New Orleans comes into the season as the overwhelming favorite to win the NFC South and is +1,800 to win its second Super Bowl in the last six years. It goes without saying that there is going to be pressure on New Orleans to perform out of the gate. Expectations will be a little less in Atlanta though, which doesn't mean it won't be hungry to send an early message and to steal one from the division heavy-weight. Atlanta was plagued by injuries in 2013 and fell from going 13-3 in 2012 to a disappointing 4-12 last year. But with a combination of players returning from injury on both sides of the ball, by holes filled via free angency and a high draft pick in each round, Atlanta has every reason to believe that it can steal this game as well.
Prediction: New Orleans 31, Atlanta 24
AAA Sports
When you think about these two clubs, what's the first thing that comes to mind? For me, it starts and ends with the two men under center. The Saints' Drew Brees will once again be a Top 3 QB pick in every Football pool this year, and while he had a rare off-season in 2013, the Falcons' go as Matt Ryan goes. So it may come as a surprise to learn that three of these teams last four in the series have gone UNDER the posted number. New Orleans won 23-17 at home in September and 17-13 in Atlanta in late November. For a number of different reasons, I feel that this strong trend gets "bucked" in their 2014/15 opener. After going 7-9 SU in 2012, an effort which saw it miss the postseason for the first time in four years, New Orleans would storm out of the gate in 2013 by winning its first five. Brees was the focal point as he will be once again this season; note that the prolific QB would pass for 5,162 yards and a 68 percent completion rate in 2013 (it was his third season in a row with at least 5,000 passing yards). An 11-5 SU record saw the Saints return to the playoffs where they edged past the Eagles 26-24, stumbling finally in the divisional playoffs to the eventual champion Seattle Seahawks. New Orleans comes into the season as the overwhelming favorite to win the NFC South and is +1,800 to win its second Super Bowl in the last six years. It goes without saying that there is going to be pressure on New Orleans to perform out of the gate. Expectations will be a little less in Atlanta though, which doesn't mean it won't be hungry to send an early message and to steal one from the division heavy-weight. Atlanta was plagued by injuries in 2013 and fell from going 13-3 in 2012 to a disappointing 4-12 last year. But with a combination of players returning from injury on both sides of the ball, by holes filled via free angency and a high draft pick in each round, Atlanta has every reason to believe that it can steal this game as well.
Prediction: New Orleans 31, Atlanta 24
AAA Sports
