{"id":24763,"date":"2010-08-09T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=24763"},"modified":"2010-08-09T14:31:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:31:38","slug":"new-orleans-saints-predictions-2010-odds-90810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nfl\/new-orleans-saints-predictions-2010-odds-90810\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 New Orleans Saints Odds | Preview | Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2010 New Orleans Saints\u00a0Team Preview\/Predictions<\/h2>\n<p>With NFL football just a short time away, Cappers Picks <a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>Football handicappers<\/strong><\/a> have been hard at work putting out the team by team <a href=\"\/nfl\/\"><strong>NFL previews<\/strong><\/a> for those of us who can\u2019t wait. Bet on the Super Bowl winner, plus Conference and Divisional winners.<\/p>\n<p>What are you waiting for use our insider knowledge today to gamble on all the NFL Football Futures in our <a href=\"\/internet-sportsbooks\/\"><strong>top online sportsbooks<\/strong><\/a> today.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>2009 Record: 13-3<br \/>\nATS: 8-8 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just how much can be said about the 2009 NFL season for the New Orleans Saints and their fans? Super Bowl visions were not in abundant supply when the middle of September arrived. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE TOP CAPPERS FOR NFL FOOTBALL BETTING THIS SEASON &#8212;&#8211;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, New Orleans reached the NFC Championship Game in the 2006 NFL season, but two down years threw \u201cWho Dat Nation\u201d into a state of pronounced doubt and queasiness. Drew Brees entered the season as one of the better quarterbacks in the league, but the Saints needed a lot more than their signal caller to become a special team. <\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, they found the right ingredients and carried their magic mixture all the way to an amazing final destination. [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans \u2013 the organization, but also the city \u2013 produced the best sports story of 2009. Long-suffering fans in a city hit hard by Hurricane Katrina have always loved their team with an abiding passion, but that spirit grew into something even more special as the fall of 2009 unfolded. New Orleans won every week \u2013 usually with relative ease, but sometimes with charmed fortune, as was the case in a comeback win over the Washington Redskins. <\/p>\n<p>Two weeks into December, the Saints were 13-0. The Super Bowl didn\u2019t just seem possible, but likely, down on the Bayou. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, just when pro football\u2019s biggest game looked like a near certainty, the Saints regressed. A tired and sluggish team dropped each of its last three regular season games. A 13-3 record felt empty, and the NFL doubted the Saints anew. The defending NFC champion Arizona Cardinals lay in waiting in the divisional playoffs, and thoughts of yet another dark moment emerged for this oft-tortured franchise. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, just when the demons were in the process of resurfacing, the Saints silenced them. New Orleans throttled Arizona to advance to the NFC Championship Game, and after cornerback Terry Porter intercepted Minnesota\u2019s Brett Favre at the very end of regulation time \u2013 with the Vikings in long field goal range \u2013 the Saints dodged the biggest bullet thrown their way in the NFC playoffs. <\/p>\n<p>Kicker Garrett Hartley banged a field goal through the uprights early in overtime, and the Saints went marching in\u2026 into the Super Bowl, that is. For the first time ever, New Orleans had reached the big stage instead of merely playing host to it (the city has hosted nine Super Bowls). Something incredible had already happened, etching the 2009 season in the hearts of Louisiana residents forever. <\/p>\n<p>And then came the Super Bowl itself. Super Bowl XLIV was a thriller deep into the fourth quarter, and when the Indianapolis Colts \u2013 trailing New Orleans 24-17 \u2013 drove inside the Saints\u2019 35 with under four minutes left in the game, the thought of overtime crossed more than a few minds and tripled lightly off more than a few lips. <\/p>\n<p>Then, however, Porter \u2013 who picked off Brett Favre just two weeks earlier in a key situation \u2013 made the play of his life. The cornerback read a route perfectly, stepped in front of Indianapolis receiver Reggie Wayne, and took a pick-six 74 yards to the house to seal the Saints\u2019 first-ever world championship. The 31-17 win produced a Mardi Gras-style party New Orleans will never forget. <\/p>\n<p>The key in 2010? Play as well as the 2009 team did. In order to do this, the Saints must endure the wear and tear a Super Bowl season brings. They\u2019ll also need to maintain focus and humility. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll also need to beat out the Atlanta Falcons and hold onto the NFC South. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Saints 2010 Outlook<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One senses that New Orleans will still make a deep NFC playoff run; Brett Favre\u2019s status with the Minnesota Vikings could well be the factor that, one way or the other, affects the Saints\u2019 ultimate Super Bowl odds in 2010. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Saints 2010 Futures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Super Bowl Odds: +1100<br \/>\nConference Odds: +485<br \/>\nNFC South Odds: -165    <\/p>\n<h3><strong>2010 Saints Predictions <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Place they\u2019ll finish in NFC South: 1st<br \/>\nPlace they\u2019ll finish in NFC Conference: 3rd<br \/>\nOver\/Under Season Wins Prediction: Over 10.5 Wins<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\">***** Exclusive 100% Sportsbook Bonus! New BetUS Players Only: Use Following Link! ($100 Min. \/ $500 Max. \u2013 Plus 50% Additional Bonus For Deposits Over $500) Betus Signup \u2013 CLICK HERE NOW *****<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dave Golokhov has written for <\/strong>BETUS Sportsbook, Sportsfanmagazine.com, FOX, Askmen.com, Sports-central.org, and the FOXSports.com Funhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another season making NFL previews and Super Bowl predictions for the New Orleans Saints. 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