NFL Preview: Dallas Cowboys vs New Orleans Saints
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)
When: 8:30 PM ET, Sunday, October 4, 2015
Where: Mercedes- Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana
Televised: NBC
Odds: The line is at New Orleans -3, while the Total currently sits at 48.
The Dallas Cowboys come in off a bad loss to Atlanta in which they built a nice 14-0 lead early, only to lose the game by a score of 39-28. One the Atlanta offense got rolling they were very tough to stop, plus it didn’t’ help the Cowboys by the fact that both Bryant and Romo were out for that game. Both will be out here as well. The Cowboys running game really needs to improve or it will be a long season for them. Last year their run game was able to control the game and the clock, which masked their defensive deficiencies.This year so far that ground attack ranks 16th in the league. They will really be up against it vs the good defenses in the league and so far they haven’t faced one and won’t again this week. Still their offense took a couple of hits with the losses of Bryant and Romo and they could throw for just 220 yards last week vs a suspect atlanta defense. Dallas could be in trouble this year as their defense isn’t that great and they offense can’t control the game like it used to.
The New Orleans Saints had issues of their own last week as they played without QB Drew Brees. Still, Luke McCown had a very nice day as he hit 31 of 38 passes for 310 yards. The downfall was that he had 1 pick and no TDs in the 27-22 loss at Carolina. The Saints are now in trouble as they are 0-3 to start the year and that includes an embarrassing 7 point home loss to Tampa Bay in week 2, when the Saints were double digit favorite. Making the playoffs after an 0-3 start is very hard to do, but luckily for the Saints they do reside in the weak NFC South, so anything is possible. The Saints are 4th in the league in passing, but hey are averaging just 20 ppg, which is 20th in the league. The bigger issue is their defense that ranks 29th in yards allowed overall, 26th vs the run and 27 in points allowed (28 ppg). Dallas may get their run game going in this one.
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[276] New Orleans -3.5 over Dallas
Going with the Saints in this one as they are extremely desperate and should have Drew Brees back under center. Even if he is not there Luke McCown looked very good last week vs a tougher defense than they will face in this one. Still t looks as if Brees will play and you can bet he will be out for blood here after an embarrassing home loss to Tampa in his last home game. he will also be looking for payback from last years 21 point road loss at he hands of Dallas. The Dallas defense isn't all that good and their offense is still without Bryant and Romo. Last week they showed that their offense is still decent, but still they weren't able to put up enough points to win the game. That should happen here as well.
The Clincher: The Saints are 11-1 ATS when they are winless and playing a non-division team.
The Saints finally break their 6-game home losing streak with a win of at least a TD.
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