The New Orleans Saints are greatly favored in Football betting as they go to compete against Cincinnati on Sunday. The Bengals will sponsor the Saints on Sunday with a broadcast on FOX scheduled to begin a noon ET. The sportsbook started out with New Orleans as a 7 point fave and with a total of 47.
The Saints have appeared to be the defending Super Bowl champs in recent weeks whereas the Bengals appear like the worst squad in the NFL. Bettors at the sports book will be seeking to take the New orleans saints with their NFL wager in this competition.
Saints 8-3 SU, 5-6 ATS – The New orleans saints have won 8 games this season but they still do have losing record vs the spread. That most likely won’t matter to bettors though considering the Bengals seem to have quit on their year. New Orleans managed to get the win last week on Thanksgiving Day against Dallas. Chris Ivory ran for two touchdowns and has 3 touchdowns in the last two matches. It was the 4th win back to back for the New orleans saints. Drew Brees was 23-of-39 for 352 in the win. New Orleans is now in the Top Ten in both points won and in fewest points against. The New orleans saints did give up rather a handful of points a week ago vs Dallas but vs the Cincinnati offense they shouldn’t have excessive trouble.
The New orleans saints are a far better defensive squad than last season’s Super Bowl champion edition as they rate sixth in the NFL for points granted whilst the usually forceful offense ranks 4th overall even though down somewhat at ninth in the NFL for scoring.
Cincinnati Bengals 2-9 SU, 3-8 ATS – The Bengals aren’t winning contests straight up or against the spread. They had a shot to cover this past week vs the Jets but allowed a great number of big competes. Carson Palmer isn’t playing well and the Bengals just have no steady offensive weapons.
Cedric Benson is averaging just 3.6 yards per carry and Chad Ochocinco is down to 11.6 yards per catch. The nightmare year might cost coach Marvin Lewis his job.
Football Gambling – The New orleans saints and Cincinnati Bengals have split their 8 matchups. They have played only twice this decade. The Cincinnati Bengals won in New Orleans 31-16 in 2006 and they furthermore won 20-13 back in 2002. Both of those contests went under the total in Football gambling.
It is truly tough to make a case for the Bengals in this game so expect bettors making an Football wager to be all over the New orleans saints minus the points. They’ve got no incentive to play well as head coach Marvin Lewis might be on his way out. The defense will probably get taken apart by Drew Brees. The Saints are getting well too as Reggie Bush returned to the lineup a week ago. Unless the weather is poor the New orleans saints should have a field day and impose their will against a negative Bengals squad.
