{"id":6394,"date":"2009-11-14T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nfl-handicapping-saints-vs-rams\/"},"modified":"2009-11-14T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T03:08:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-saints-vs-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nfl-handicapping-saints-vs-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Saints vs Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New Orleans Saints and the St. Louis Rams will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Edward Jones Dome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 14-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 50. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Saints defeated Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 30-20 as a 12-point favorite in Week 9. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (51). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Drew Brees passed for 330 yards with a touchdown and an interception for New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Robert Meachem caught five passes for 98 yards with a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rams upset Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 17-10 as a 3-point underdog in Week 8. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (43.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Steven Jackson rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries for St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Marc Bulger passed for 176 yards with an interception in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 8 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-0 SU, <\/font>6-2 ATS
St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> Louis: 1-7 SU, 3-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in November are 6-4
When playing on turf are 9-1
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing outside the division are 9-1<\/p>\n

St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in November are 4-6
When playing on turf are 1-9
After outgaining opponent are 3-7
When playing outside the division are 1-9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
New Orleans is 6-0-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Orleans’s last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans’s last 6 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis’s last 7 games when playing at home against New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 6 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 6 games
St. Louis is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Sunday, November 22
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, November 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New Orleans Saints and the St. Louis Rams will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Edward Jones Dome. Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 14-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 50. The Saints defeated Carolina 30-20 as a 12-point … Continue reading NFL Handicapping: Saints vs Rams<\/span> →<\/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-6394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6394","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=6394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}