NFL Week 3 Pick- New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints in Tough NFC South

A big NFC South rivalry will be renewed in one of the early games on Sunday. The New Orleans Saints are going on the road to face the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium. Game time is set for 1 p.m. (ET).

BetAnySports has opened the Panthers as six-point favorites with the total set at 49. The line now has the Panthers as 5.5-point favorites and the total is down to 46.

Saints Have to be Better on Defense

New Orleans has been playing from behind early in the season. They have a 29-19 loss to Minnesota as a three-point road underdog. Also a 36-20 defeat at the hands of New England as a six-point underdog at home. The total has gone OVER BetAnySports’ closing line in each ball game. It has gone OVER in six of New Orleans’ last eight games overall. The Saints head into Carolina with a profitable 6-2-1 record against the spread in their last nine road games.

The one constant with New Orleans on offense is a prolific passing game led by veteran quarterback Drew Brees. Granted that his team has been trying to keep pace with a defense that has allowed a combined 65 points in two games. Brees is third in the league in passing yards with 647 after completing 54 of his 82 attempts. The Saints’ ground game has not kept pace with just 141 rushing yards on the year.

Carolina Panthers Looking to Get Offense on Track

Carolina probably would not earn all that many style points in its first two contests. They are at 2-0 straight-up and is back on track in the NFC South after falling to 6-10 in 2016. The Panthers rolled over San Francisco 23-3 on opening day. They were listed as four-point road favorites. The Panthers ground out a 9-3 victory against Buffalo on Sunday as six-point favorites at home. The total stayed UNDER BetAnySports’ closing line in both games. It has stayed UNDER in four of their last six home games. The total has also stayed UNDER in 11 of Carolina’s last 14 home games against the Saints.

Cam Newton has been effective under center in his first two starts this year. He is not lighting things up in the passing game. He has done a fairly good job at managing the offense while also taking care of the ball. Kelvin Benjamin leads the team in receiving yards with 102. Rookie running back Christian McCaffrey leads in receptions with nine. Credit the Panthers’ defense with the strong start after keeping both of its first two opponents out of the end zone.

I would have to go with Carolina at home this Sunday, but when it comes to betting this game, I would stick with the UNDER on BetAnySports’ 46-point total line.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
New Orleans	0-2	0-2	19.50	32.50	-13	0-1	0-1	2-0	1-0	1-0
Carolina	2-0	1-0-1	16.00	3.00	13	0-0-1	1-0	0-2	0-1	0-1

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
NO	19.82	15.77	4.05
CAR	16.94	65.5	-48.56

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
NO	11.70	13.63	-1.93
CAR	10.26	6.66	3.6

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
NO	3.71	4.07	-0.36
CAR	2.92	3.16	-0.24

Team Records

New Orleans Saints

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	0-2	0-1	0-1	0-2	0-1	0-1	19.50	32.50	-13.00
vs Conf	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	19.00	29.00	-10.00
vs Div	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Last 3	0-2	0-1	0-1	0-2	0-1	0-1	19.50	32.50	-13.00

Carolina Panthers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	2-0	1-0	1-0	1-0-1	0-0-1	1-0	16.00	3.00	13.00
vs Conf	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	23.00	3.00	20.00
vs Div	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Last 3	2-0	1-0	1-0	1-0-1	0-0-1	1-0	16.00	3.00	13.00

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	19.50	15	3.00	1
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	284.00	8	107.00	3
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	60.00	22	69.00	10
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	16.00	22	32.50	31
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	178.00	23	341.00	24
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	77.00	21	129.00	20

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
New Orleans	3-7	5-4-1	6-4	26.80	92.80	4.03	43.50	68.28	303.00	395.80	1.50
Carolina	7-3	4-5-1	6-4	28.90	152.80	5.06	32.30	57.59	221.10	373.90	1.00

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Nov 17, 2016	NO	CAR	20-23	107	264	371	2	50	173	223	0
Oct 16, 2016	CAR	NO	38-41	103	303	406	2	63	460	523	1
Dec 6, 2015	CAR	NO	41-38	175	322	497	3	70	264	334	1
Sep 27, 2015	NO	CAR	22-27	70	310	380	2	119	312	431	0
Dec 7, 2014	CAR	NO	41-10	271	226	497	0	92	218	310	2
Oct 30, 2014	NO	CAR	28-10	105	270	375	2	109	122	231	2
Dec 22, 2013	NO	CAR	13-17	126	239	365	2	81	141	222	1
Dec 8, 2013	CAR	NO	13-31	128	111	239	0	69	304	373	0
Dec 30, 2012	CAR	NO	44-38	273	257	530	1	63	378	441	1
Sep 16, 2012	NO	CAR	27-35	163	323	486	2	219	244	463	1

NFL Betting Trends

New Orleans Saints
New Orleans is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games
New Orleans is 8-2-1 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
New Orleans is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 6 games on the road
New Orleans is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Carolina
New Orleans is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing Carolina
New Orleans is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Carolina
New Orleans is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of New Orleans's last 14 games when playing on the road against Carolina

Carolina Panthers
Carolina is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Carolina is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Carolina's last 6 games
Carolina is 1-2-2 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Carolina is 18-4 SU in its last 22 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games at home
Carolina is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New Orleans
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing New Orleans
Carolina is 5-9-1 ATS in its last 15 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Carolina's last 14 games when playing at home against New Orleans

Team Last 5 Games

New Orleans Saints

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Sep 17, 2017	NE	20-36	L	6/55.5	L/O	81	348	429	119	436	555	0	H
Sep 11, 2017	MIN	19-29	L	3/47.5	L/O	60	284	344	129	341	470	0	A
Jan 1, 2017	ATL	32-38	L	7.5/58.5	W/O	132	341	473	142	323	465	1	A
Dec 24, 2016	TB	31-24	W	-3/53	W/O	123	294	417	89	260	349	-2	H
Dec 18, 2016	ARI	48-41	W	3/48	W/O	130	358	488	116	309	425	-1	A

Carolina Panthers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Sep 17, 2017	BUF	9-3	W	-6/43	P/U	77	178	255	69	107	176	0	H
Sep 10, 2017	SF	23-3	W	-4/45	W/U	116	171	287	51	166	217	0	A
Jan 1, 2017	TB	16-17	L	3/44.5	W/U	128	207	335	112	188	300	1	A
Dec 24, 2016	ATL	16-33	L	3/48.5	L/O	119	183	302	152	256	408	2	H
Dec 19, 2016	WAS	26-15	W	7/50.5	W/U	148	290	438	29	306	335	-3	A

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