Nfl Post-season Sport Wagering – Lions vs Saints

With regards to scheduling, maybe the Lions just are unlucky. First, they conclude their regular season against their division rival Packers, who additionally possess the league’s greatest record. They then follow that up by drawing the New orleans saints in the 1st round of the playoffs.

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The Jan 7 – Detroit Lions against Saints game will be the second meeting of the two teams this year. New Orleans won the 1st matchup in New Orleans 31-17. New Orleans is a 10.5 point fave to defeat Detroit this week, and this is perhaps part of the reason.

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The other is that New Orleans is on a roll. They’ve won eight contests consecutively arriving into this week’s meeting with Detroit, defeating three other playoff teams during that stretch. Following kicking an rival player with his cleats, defensive celebrity Ndamukong Suh was suspended for two contests, but Detroit managed to pull things together. Only losing a tight game to 15-1 Green Bay, they won 3 from their last 4 contests of the year. When they last confronted New Orleans, they were devoid of Suh, and Detroit is hoping the return of his presence to the defensive line will be the difference they must stop Drew Brees and the potent New Orleans offense.

Unfortunately for Detroit, that Saints offense has been on fire for the second half of the year. They’ve gone over 40 in four of their last six and landed more than 40 points in their last three contests. They’re 8-0 in their home stadium this year and a while back this year in New Orleans they slipped 62 points on Indianapolis.

Detroit has struggled this year against higher powered competition, going 1-5 against playoff teams (only defeating Denver). Their offense has the possibility to be high-flying, and thus it will be up to their defense to keep them in this game. If Suh will almost certainly make up for his two-game suspension, this is the time.