Falcons vs. Saints: Key Game for NFC South Outlook

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00:00This is going to be a good game, Joe, and I think will tell us a lot about both of these

00:06teams and their outlook, not just for Sunday, but the rest of the season.

00:11The Falcons, a point and a half favorite, minus 130 currently on the money line against

00:16the New Orleans Saints.

00:17Total, only 42 and a half.

00:19Now I feel foolish.

00:21I thought the Falcons would be a team entering this year you would look at and bet over,

00:25over, over.

00:26They are one of eight teams at the end of three weeks that has been under in all three

00:30games.

00:31Of course, the Saints were an offensive juggernaut, scoring 91 points in their opening two games,

00:36only to put up 12 with just one touchdown last week against the Philadelphia Eagles.

00:42What do you expect in Atlanta between the Falcons and the Saints?

00:46So this was the game, first game that I bet on Monday for the week, Ben, and I took the

00:50under, and it was at 43 and a half.

00:54It's down to 42 now, and yes, I agree wholeheartedly with it there.

00:59Listen, the Eagles and Vic Fangio, we were talking about Clint Kubiak and his scheme,

01:06his blocking scheme on what we thought was a terrible New Orleans offensive line coming

01:11into the season, and yet they're dropping 40 plus points on everybody, except last week

01:18and the Eagles, which took away their ability to get big yards on first and second down.

01:24How did they do that?

01:25Well, they dropped six guys into the box and took away all of those passing lanes and the

01:31stretching of the runs that New Orleans was implementing.

01:35That's a blueprint now, and you've got an Atlanta defense that is going to be, has already

01:41seen it now, and they have absolutely the pieces and have had success in being able

01:47to limit this.

01:48I think Atlanta and Philadelphia's defense are very similar.

01:51I think they also will have no problem causing issues with a lot of checkdowns for Derrick

01:57Carr.

01:58The big plays, as far as I'm concerned in this game, throw him out the window.

02:01I think this is going to be a 20 to 13 type of game.

02:05I don't think we get to 40 points with these two quarterbacks and these two defenses.