{"id":31591,"date":"2013-12-02T15:20:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T20:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31591"},"modified":"2013-12-02T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T20:20:39","slug":"monday-night-football-betting-preview-new-orleans-saints-vs-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/monday-night-football-betting-preview-new-orleans-saints-vs-seattle-seahawks-31591\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Night Football Betting Preview: New Orleans Saints vs. Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints vs. Seattle Seahawks
\nMonday, 12\/2\/13, 8:40 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Seattle Seahawks are 3-0 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans has won three games in a row, including a 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons as 7.5-point road favorites on Nov. 21, while winning the statistical battle for a fifth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Saints are trying to stay ahead of the Carolina Panthers in the NFC South, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 \u00a0 Quarterback Drew Brees has completed 300-of-439 passes for 3,647 yards and 28 touchdowns with a 107.3 passer rating.\u00a0 New Orleans is 0-3 SUATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Saints really need to win this game in hopes of gaining home-field advantage, especially since they\u2019ve dropped all three road playoff games under current head coach Sean Payton.\u00a0 Brees has won nine straight starts on Monday Night Football due to compiling a 123.6 passer rating, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks.\u00a0 New Orleans is ranked fifth in total defense and tied for first in getting to the opposing quarterback.<\/p>\n

Seattle has dropped 18 of its last 24 games following a bye week, but second-year quarterback Russell Wilson has been known to play his best football in this primetime affair, while also looking to improve his record at CenturyLink Field to 13-0.\u00a0 The Seahawks are 24-3 under head coach Pete Carroll when winning the turnover battle\u2014something to consider due to the squad leading the NFL with 26 takeaways on the season.\u00a0 Seattle is 3-0 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks always have the luxury of grinding out a football game with running back Marshawn Lynch, who is fourth in the league with 925 yards and averaging 4.4 yards per carry.\u00a0 Seattle may game plan to pound the football against a New Orleans defensive unit that allows an average of 111.9 rushing yards per game.\u00a0 The second quarter figures to play a big role in determining the winner, with the host scoring 97 points in that period, while the visitor checks in at 104.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Seahawks due to their 10-2 ATS mark versus teams with a winning 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 vs. Seattle Seahawks Monday, 12\/2\/13, 8:40 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 46 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Orleans has won three games in a row, including a 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons as 7.5-point road favorites on Nov. 21, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[7032,1034,441,427,31,3630,417],"class_list":["post-31591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-centurylink-field","tag-drew-brees","tag-monday-night-football","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-russell-wilson","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31591","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=31591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31592,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31591\/revisions\/31592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}