{"id":20112,"date":"2011-12-09T11:09:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20112"},"modified":"2011-12-09T11:09:21","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:09:21","slug":"nfl-week-14-predictions-new-orleans-vs-tennessee-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-14-predictions-new-orleans-vs-tennessee-titans-20112\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 14 Predictions: New Orleans vs. Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints at Tennessee Titans
\nSunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cowboys<\/a>
New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees is on pace to break Dan Marino's single-season passing yards record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans enters Week 14 with a two-game lead in the NFC South standings over the Atlanta Falcon and will begin a two-game road trip against the Tennessee Titans Sunday.\u00a0 The Saints are brimming with confidence and have won four consecutive games, including a 31-17 win over the Detroit Lions as nine-point home favorites last week.\u00a0 \u201cWe feel like we\u2019re one of the elite teams,\u201d commented Saints wide receiver Lance Moore.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to worry about what we\u2019re doing.\u201d\u00a0 Possessing the league\u2019s No. 1 offense that averages 448.7 yards per game is a good start.\u00a0 New Orleans is 0-2 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 7 points this year.<\/p>\n

The Saints are led offensively by the play of quarterback Drew Brees, who has thrown for 4,031 passing yards, becoming the first NFL signal-caller to go over the 4,000-yard mark in the first 12 games of the season.\u00a0 New Orleans is currently on pace to put up a single-season NFL record of 7,179 total yards.\u00a0 Sunday\u2019s contest will be the 13th regular-season meeting, with the Saints looking to snap a four-game losing streak in the series, which includes a 31-14 loss as 4.5-point home favorites on Sept. 24, 2007.<\/p>\n

Tennessee begins the final quarter of the regular season against a tough opponent, coming off a pair of 23-17 victories over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills.\u00a0 The Titans have also covered their last four games, while the \u2018under\u2019 has cashed in six consecutive contests that they\u2019ve been involved in.\u00a0 \u201cThey want to play fast break,\u201d commented Titans safety Chris Hope in practice this week about the Saints offense.\u00a0 Fans inside LP Field will get to watch an entertaining game with two teams still alive in the playoff hunt.\u00a0 Tennessee is 38-16 ATS when playing NFC opponents.<\/p>\n

The Titans have been very pleased with the recent play of star running back Chris Johnson, eclipsing the century mark in rushing yards in three of the past four weeks.\u00a0 His two-week total of 343 rushing yards is the third-highest of his four-year career.\u00a0 Tennessee is one of four 7-5 teams that are still aiming for a potential wild card spot, while also being just two games behind the Houston Texans in the AFC South divisional race.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Saints due to their 18-7-1 ATS mark versus winning teams, while the Titans are 1-5 ATS in their last six home games versus opponents with a winning road record.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints at Tennessee Titans Sunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Orleans enters Week 14 with a two-game lead in the NFC South standings over the Atlanta Falcon and will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1065,1034,5462,427,31,301],"class_list":["post-20112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chris-johnson","tag-drew-brees","tag-lp-field","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20114,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20112\/revisions\/20114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}