You are talkng about a NO team that got shredded by TB two weeks ago. As bad as CAR played, they still were close to pulling out the victory on that last drive. It's a good thing Ginn made that catch. Otherwise, this could have very well been CAR at MIN. MIN has a a great defense and a good running back tandem, as well. This isn't a easy one by any stretch and I think Vegas got this line right.
Vikings beat Saints 29 -19 with Bradford in week 1 this Saints team has much improved since then and Keenum has trouble scoring against good defenses and these teams match up well Bradford had his Super Bowl week 1 he plays like that every year in his first game of the season thats no surprise ..This one will be much closer ! I will take the Saints with revenge.
Some relevant numbers:
Brees is 1-4 on the road in the playoffs
Vikings are 7-1 at home. Saints 4-4 on the road.
Vikings allow 12 points per game at home.
Saints failed to reach 20 points in either of two road dome games. Zimmer is undefeated in games in which Vikings have soored 20 points.
I really don't think this is a hard game to pick. Number one D and number seven 0 against number 17 D and number two O. Terrible road team against one of the best home teams. I'd lay up to 6.5 on this one as don't think the Saints cover unless it's backdoor garbage.
None of those road playoff games for Brees were in a dome though. It's also pretty funny that people are looking at Brees's record when Case Keenum has never started in a playoff game.
The two Saints road dome games this year were week 1 @ Minnesota and on a Thursday (Week 14) @ Atlanta. Safe to say that the Week 1 result can be thrown out since both teams look vastly different now.
The Saints game against Atlanta was also a wash. That game was very screwy. Kamara got concussed on the first drive and the refs screwed the Saints out of a field goal opportunity right before halftime. The Saints were penalized 11 times for 84 yards; Falcons had 4 for 35 yards. The refs did the opposite when they played again in New Orleans two week later.
Vikings for me as well
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