re: OFFICIAL Week 2 NFL Bet Thread

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Did we learn nothing about road favorites last week?

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So because road favorites didn't cover last week it means the Saints can't cover this week? Since when did this thread turn into square thinking only?? .

Some trends in the Saints favor:

Drew Brees is 27-15 ATS after a loss with the Saints (8-4 ATS as an underdog).
Saints are 7-3 ATS as favorites after losing as favorites.
Sean Payton is 8-3 ATS in his second-consecutive road game as a favorite.

The Saints could easily win this game going away. I backed Cleveland last week and won, but I don't have any respect for Pittsburgh's terrible defense that allowed that Cleveland backdoor.

The Saints had a Top 5 stop unit last year. They couldn't tackle last week vs. ATL (it was shocking and I'm calling it an anomaly). I suspect we see a big bounce back from them this week.

Cleveland's offense is nowhere close to Atlanta. The intangibles are on the Saints side because they know a loss to Cleveland likely puts them 2 games behind Seattle in the race for homefield advantage in the NFC.

Cleveland isn't good and the Saints are a SB contender. I wouldn't be too surprised if the sharps are back on the Saints this week as well when it's all said and done.