New Orleans plays its home games indoors on turf, but has to play this one on the road outdoors on grass slowing their offensive speed down. The Saints come off of a dominating 52-33 victory at home over Minnesota where the ground game had 264 yards rushing, but the team has failed to cover eight straight after outrushing an opponent by 150-plus yards. This is the finale for a Carolina squad that has been in almost every game despite a losing record, on a 9-4 spread run including 8-1 ATS as a dog. QB Teddy Bridgewater (15 TDs, 9 INTs) is decent behind center and Carolina is 22-10 ATS at home against teams that average 375-plus yards per game. The underdog is 11-2 ATS when these division rivals clash with the Panthers covering five of the last six meetings, including a 27-24 game at New Orleans in Week 7. Take Carolina.
This pick was released to clients on December 29, 2023 at 10:25AM ET.
NFL
New Orleans at Carolina
January 3, 2021
4:25 PM Eastern
1 unit on Carolina +7 (-115) (risk 1 to return 1.87)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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