The New Orleans Saints are exiting their bye week for a Week 10 home game against the Atlanta Falcons, and many Saints fans like their team’s chances. The Saints earned a 7-1 record in the first half of the season, going into their bye week with a big victory in Drew Brees’ return from a thumb injury. They scored 30-plus points in their last two games without all-star running back Alvin Kamara taking the field.
Compare that to their opponents: the Falcons are 1-7 and in the midst of the worst season in recent memory, with head coach Dan Quinn battling for his job despite increasingly-poor outings. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has put up plenty of numbers in garbage time, but early-game flubs and mistake-filled play by his defense seemingly put Atlanta out of Super Bowl contention before Halloween.
Per BetMGM, Saints fans are rightfully confident. The opening line favors the Saints by a towering 11.5 points, with an over/under established at 50.5 points. That implies a final score in the neighborhood of Saints 31, Falcons 19. That’s not quite as impressive a final score as, say, 28-3 would be (that’s what the scoreboard read in Super Bowl LI late in the third quarter, before the Falcons allowed the New England Patriots to score an unanswered points and win on their first possession in overtime), but it would certainly be satisfying.
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