NFL Betting Trends - New Orleans
Saints at Indianapolis Colts
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The NFL betting season has began and the New
Orleans Saints take on the Indianapolis Colts in the 2007 NFL regular season opener and this
is a game that could almost literally turn into
an offensive shootout between two of the best
offenses in all of football.
The Colts finally broke through with their first
Super Bowl championship since moving to Indianapolis
after playing the role of bridesmaids for years.
The New Orleans Saints
made a dramatic – and
emphatic – return to the ranks of the NFL’s
elite teams with a spectacular season in 2006.
Here is a look at
tonight’s Key Trends
followed by my Free NFL Betting Picks:
Key Saints Trends
The Saints are 7-2 ATS in their last nine road
games.
The Saints are 5-2 ATS in their last seven games
as a road underdog.
The Saints are 5-2 ATS in their last seven games
in September.
Key Colts Trends
The Colts are 4-0 ATS in their last four games
overall.
The Colts are 6-1 ATS in their last seven games
as a home favorite of 3.5-10.0.
The Colts are 6-1-1 ATS in their last eight
games in Week one.
Key Totals Trends
The Under is 4-0 in Saints last four games in
Week one.
The Under is 5-1 in Colts last six games in
September.
Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis has been one of the most consistent
teams in the league the last half-decade, winning
12 or more games four consecutive seasons before
finally winning the whole thing last season.
Not only did Colts’ quarterback
Peyton Manning finally lead his team to a championship
title, but he did it by throwing a career-low
nine interceptions to go along with 31 touchdown
passes.
Indianapolis will
enter the 2007 season without four starters
from last year’s team, but
according to Manning, the Colts just roll up
their sleeves and go to work no matter who’s
on the field.
"All we really know how to do is to work
hard and get on the same page, “ Manning
said. “That's all we've done, that's all
I've ever known."
The Colts had a big problem stopping the run
last season and that problem could creep up again
in 2007 since the Colts may have failed to address
their rushing defense problems adequately this
offseason.
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints
are one of the favorites to reach the NFC championship
game in 2007 and rightfully so. New Orleans
has a Pro-Bowl caliber quarterback of their
own in veteran signal caller Drew Brees – and
two running backs that are downright terrors
in Deuce McCallister and Reggie Bush.
The scary thing about
the Saints is that they can clearly get better – on
both sides of the ball.
"I still feel like we've only scratched
the surface as an offense," said Brees,
who led the league in passing with a career-high
4,418 yards last season. "We've got a lot
of weapons and we've got a lot of balls to be
spread around. I'm excited about the possibilities
and the opportunity we have."
Brees put up terrific numbers, throwing 26 touchdowns
and only 11 interceptions while McAllister rushed
for 1,057 yards and 10 scores in 2006.
Bush finished his stellar rookie campaign with
a team-high 88 catches for 742 yards, while rushing
for another 565 yards on 155 carries. Rookie
wide receiver Marques Colston caught 70 passes
for 1,038 yards and eight touchdowns.
Here is a look at Thursday's football betting
matchup:
Analysis: The Saints
and Colts have similar problems – all on the defensive side of
the football. Manning will look to get the ball
to wideouts, Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne
when not handing the ball off to second-year
running back Joseph Addai, while Brees and the
Saints will look to rush the ball early and often
against the Colts’ suspect run defense
before going throwing to Colston or Bush out
of the backfield.
Expect both teams to score at least three touchdowns
with the Colts pulling out a closer-than-expected
win in the end.
NFL Free Picks: Colts 31 Saints 27
08:30 PM EST NFL Odds
New
Orleans Saints +6½ -110
Indianapolis
Colts -6½ -110
Over
52½ -110
Under
52½ -110
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Posted on 9/5/2007 6:56:40 PM
NFL Betting - New Orleans Saints (0-0) at Indianapolis Colts (0-0)
By Eric Williams
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