{"id":31747,"date":"2013-12-11T19:34:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T00:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31747"},"modified":"2013-12-11T19:34:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T00:34:03","slug":"pro-football-picks-new-orleans-saints-vs-st-louis-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-new-orleans-saints-vs-st-louis-rams-31747\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: New Orleans Saints vs. St. Louis Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints vs. St. Louis Rams
\nSunday, 12\/15\/13, 4:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New Orleans Saints are 2-3 ATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans has won four of its last five games, including a 31-13 victory over the Carolina Panthers as three-point home favorites in Week 14, while going UNDER the betting total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Saints can land a spot in the NFC playoffs with a victory, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 32.9 points per game at home, but just 18.8 on the road.\u00a0 New Orleans is 3-2 SU and 2-3 ATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Saints need quarterback Drew Brees to perform at a higher level on the road, as he\u2019s thrown five of his eight interceptions in that situation, while compiling a pedestrian 87.7 rating.\u00a0 On the defensive end, New Orleans has tallied a conference-leading 43 sacks\u2014a number that can get much higher when facing a team that\u2019s allowed quarterback Kellen Clemens to go down 18 times since replacing Sam Bradford in the lineup.<\/p>\n

St. Louis returns home after dropping a pair of road games, including a 30-10 defeat to the Arizona Cardinals as 4.5-point underdogs Sunday, while losing the statistical battle for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Rams have been getting tremendous production out of running back Zac Stacy, who has gained 721 rushing yards on 174 carries, while tight end Jared Cook is the main option in the passing game with 43 receptions for 606 yards.\u00a0 St. Louis is 1-4 SU and 1-3-1 ATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 7 points, with the OVER going 3-1-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Rams have been eliminated from postseason contention, but the roster is motivated to finish the season off in a positive way, especially on the defense end with rookie linebacker Alec Ogletree.\u00a0 \u201cEach week he does something that surprises you,\u201d commented Rams head coach Jeff Fisher.\u00a0 St. Louis has covered the number in four of the last five meetings in this series, with the OVER going 3-2 in that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 4-0 in the Saints\u2019 last four games versus conference foes.<\/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. St. Louis Rams Sunday, 12\/15\/13, 4:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Orleans has won four of its last five games, including a 31-13 victory over the Carolina Panthers as three-point home […]<\/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":[1034,1057,427,3613,31,863,5459],"class_list":["post-31747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-drew-brees","tag-kellen-clemens","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfc","tag-nfl","tag-st-louis-rams","tag-zac-stacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31747","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=31747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31748,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31747\/revisions\/31748"}],"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=31747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}