New orleans saints against Detroit Lions in Nfl Post Season Betting

January 8, 2012 · By tang

Perhaps the Detroit Lions just are unlucky in terms of scheduling. 1st, they finish their regular season against their division foe Green Bay Packers, who additionally possess the league’s greatest record. They then follow that up by pulling the Saints in the 1st round of the playoffs.

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The Jan 7 – Lions versus Saints game will be the 2nd meeting of the 2 teams this season. New Orleans won the 1st matchup in New Orleans 31-17. New Orleans is a 10.5 point favorite to beat Detroit this week, and this is perhaps part of the reason.

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The other is that the Saints are on a roll. They have won 8 games back to back coming into this week’s match with Detroit, beating three other playoff teams throughout that stretch. Detroit managed to pull things together after defensive star Ndamukong Suh was suspended for 2 games after kicking an rival competitor with his cleats. They won 3 out of their last 4 games of the season, simply losing a tight game to 15-1 Green Bay. When they last played New Orleans, they were without Suh, and Detroit is praying the return of his presence to the defensive line could be the change they need to stop Drew Brees and the strong New Orleans offense.

Regrettably for Detroit, that Saints offense has been amazing for the 2nd half of the season. They have scored over 40 points in their last three games, and gone over 40 in 4 of their last 6. A while back this year in New Orleans they fallen 62 points on Indianapolis, and they are 8-0 in their home stadium this season.

Detroit has had trouble this year against higher quality competition, going 1-5 against playoff teams (simply beating Denver). Their offense has the possibility to be high-flying, and thus it will likely be up to their defense to ensure they are in this match. If Suh is going to make up for his two-game suspension, this is the time.



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