Giants Saints Line

Written by Steve Janus

The New Orleans Saints are set to host the New York Giants on Monday Night Football. The Saints (7-3) come in off a 26-23 overtime win over division rival Atlanta to take a one game lead over the Falcons in the AFC South. The Giants will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak after falling 10-17 at home to the Eagles in their last game. New York (6-5)came into the week tied with Dallas for the lead in the NFC East, but are a half-game back after the Cowboys win over Miami on Thanksgiving. New Orleans came away with an easy 48-27 at home the last time these two teams faced off back in 2009.

Taking a look at the week 12 NFL lines, oddsmakers currently have the Saints favored by 7-points with the total set at 50.5 points.

New York Giants:

Just a few weeks back it looked like the Giants might run away with the NFC East after knocking off the Patriots 24-20 in New England but after two straight losses some wonder if this team is headed for another late season collapse. New York has started off strong each of the last two years, only to fall apart in the second half of the season and miss the playoffs.

The Giants offense really struggled to get much of anything going in their last game against the Eagles. New York managed just 278 yards of total offense. Eli Manning went just 18 of 35 for 264 yards with a touchdown and an interception. As bad as Manning was in that game, the Giants rushing attack managed just 29 rushing yards on 17 attempts against an Eagles defense that has had all kinds of trouble stopping the run.

New York has been without starting running back Ahmad Bradshaw the last three weeks, and they really missed him against the Eagles. Bradshaw had 139 yards of total offense with a touchdown in their 29-16 win over the Eagles back in week 3.

They are going to need that rushing attack to get going if they are going to hang in their with the Saints. New Orleans has allowed 138 yards or more on the ground in three of their last four games. Manning could also be in for a bounce back game, as the Saints secondary allowed Matt Ryan to throw for 343 yards in their last game.

New Orleans Saints:

While a lot of people aren’t talking about the Saints with the Packers and 49ers getting a lot of the attention, but this team is more than capable of getting back to the Super Bowl. New Orleans has that awful 21-31 loss at St Louis just a few weeks back, but this team seems to always have a game or two where they look really bad on the road. In fact, all three of their losses this season have came away from home.

The big question will be how does this team respond after their bye week. A lot of teams have struggled to come out and play well with the extra week off. In their last game against the Falcons, Drew Brees carried the offense with 322 yards and two touchdowns, as the Saints managed just 41 yards on the ground.

The Giants defense is 18th against the pass (239.1 ypg) and 21st against the run (123.0 ypg), and I think they are going to have a hard time slowing down New Orleans on the road. New York’s biggest weapon is their pass rush, but Brees knows how to take advantage of pressure and chip away underneath.

Betting Trends:

New York is 17-7 ATS in their last 24 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.

New Orleans is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.

Be sure to stop back and check out who Steve Janus has picked to win in the NFL this week!

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