Carolina Faces Tough Challenge Against Saints Defense

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00:00Carolina sees the finish line now with a legitimate chance to win now

00:04with the Tampa Bay back-to-back losses.

00:06They're two-and-a-half-point favorites on the road, Joe.

00:08Here's the problem.

00:09Usually it's Carolina.

00:10Can they cover a spread because they're getting points here?

00:13Carolina, the expectations are for them to win a game on the road.

00:17How are we playing this one?

00:19Well, this is going to be fascinating because you have a Saints defense,

00:24Donnie, that has been – nobody's talked about them, but my goodness,

00:27they have been very, very good and very competitive.

00:31They blitz more than anybody.

00:33I think they have the fourth-highest blitz rate in the NFL.

00:36And Carolina, well, they're 29th in passing attack against the blitz,

00:41so that's not going to work.

00:42But what the Panthers do is they average, I think, 28-and-a-half carries a game, Donnie.

00:48They're going to try and run the ball.

00:50The problem is this New Orleans defense is also pretty good against the run.

00:54So this feels like it's going to be a rock fight.

00:57This feels like maybe the Saints starting to believe a little bit in Tyler,

01:02you know, in chucking that they've got maybe an opportunity here to win a couple.

01:07Nobody likes losing the whole year.

01:09We know that.

01:10So maybe at home this could be a spot where the Saints surprise a few people again.