Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Monday Night Football game this week will pit the Atlanta Falcons (9-5) against the New Orleans Saints (11-3) in a fierce NFC South matchup.
The Falcons have won 4 of their last 5 games this season and will be putting their 4-3 road record on the line in New Orleans against a Saints squad that has now won 6 straight games.
New Orleans debuted as a 7.5-point betting favorite but has since been bet down to -6.5 despite NFL bet-tracking websites showing that the Saints are garnering roughly 60% of all wagers on the point spread.
The total hasn’t moved off the opener of 53 much, but there are some 52.5’s showing up for those that prefer to take the over.
The Saints were 26-23 winners in overtime in Atlanta earlier this year as 1-point underdogs, and New Orleans also went on the road in 2010 to win 17-14 as 2-point underdogs.
The Falcons were 27-24 winners as 3-point underdogs in the last head-to-head meeting in New Orleans, and the road team has now won outright in 4 straight in this series.
The under has been a winner in 3 of the last 4 after the 4 games previous to this recent streak all went over the total.
Atlanta has now covered the point spread in 2 straight games but they also failed to do so in 4 straight before the recent stretch.
The Falcons have gone under the total in their last 2 also after going under 8 consecutive games.
The Saints have been a great bet recently and have covered the point spread in 6 straight games.
They are a perfect 6-0 outright when playing in New Orleans this season and have gone under the total in 4 of their last 6 games overall this year.
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