{"id":2306,"date":"2008-10-11T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/raiders-saints-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-11T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:31:00","slug":"raiders-saints-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/raiders-saints-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders-Saints Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Oakland Raiders and the New Orleans Saints will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Louisiana Superdome. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 7-point favorites versus the Raiders, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Raiders lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 28-18 as a 7.5-point underdog in Week 4. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (45.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">JaMarcus Russell threw for 277 yards with a touchdown and an interception for <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Darren McFadden was limited to 20 yards on seven carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Drew Brees threw for 330 yards in the Saints&#8217; 30-27 loss to the Vikings on Monday Night Football in Week 5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Saints had been pegged as 3-point home favorites in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night&#8217;s posted total (47). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-3 SU, 2-2 ATS <br \/>New Orleans: 2-3 SU, 3-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oakland most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 4-6<br \/>When playing on turf are 0-10<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 2-8<br \/>When playing outside the division are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing New Orleans<br \/>Oakland is 8-17 ATS in its last 25 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 10 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 8 games at home<br \/>New Orleans is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Oakland<br \/>New Orleans is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oakland<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Jets, Sunday, October 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 19<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oakland Raiders and the New Orleans Saints will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Louisiana Superdome. Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 7-point favorites versus the Raiders, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. The Raiders lost to San Diego 28-18 as a 7.5-point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/raiders-saints-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Raiders-Saints Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}