NFL football betting action sees the Atlanta Falcons taking on the New Orleans Saints Sunday December 21st at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA. Cappers Picks provides free NFL football handicapping tips all season long.
The New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons have alternated winning the NFC South in each of the last four seasons. If that trend continues, this will be the Saints’ year, and winning their opener against the Falcons will go a long way in accomplishing that feat.
The Falcons are the last unbeaten team in the league and now that we are entering the second half of the season it is reasonable to start assessing their chances of completing the trick.
The defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints haven’t been perfect on the field this season, but a quick look at the standings would argue otherwise, as the black and gold have opened the season with consecutive wins. The teams they beat aren’t slouches either, as both the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers were projected as legitimate NFC contenders before the season started, and despite their slow starts, are still very talented teams.
The New Orleans Saints might still be perfect, they might be off another impressive win and they might be the last undefeated team in the NFC. But that doesn’t mean they are untouchable.
There is no doubt that the Saints offense is still among the best in the NFL. And their defense has clearly closed the gap and has improved. But it seems like whenever the “perfect” talk starts happening is when the tighter contests start to come.
Week 13 was the first in many in which one of our guys didn’t pull out a profitable Sunday.
Each Sportsbook.com writer went 2-2 against the spread (ATS) with last weekend’s picks and that leaves Mike with a 29-21-3 record this year and Cras at 26-23-3.
The NFC playoff picture will get a lot clearer on Sunday afternoon, and two teams with aspirations of joining the final 12 teams standing en route to the Super Bowl will hook up in the Superdome when the New Orleans Saints (6-6, 8-4 ATS) host the Atlanta Falcons (8-4, 8-4 ATS).
The Atlanta Falcons (8-4 SU & ATS), angling for a playoff spot, get to put a nail in the coffin of the New Orleans Saints (6-6 SU, 8-4 ATS) when the two NFC South rivals meet up at the Louisiana Superdome (artificial turf) in New Orleans. Kickoff time is 1 PM ET.
