4. New Orleans at Chicago
LINE: New Orleans -4
ATS PICK: Chicago
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There’s nothing about Chicago that suggests it should beat a team as strong as New Orleans.
Its passing game doesn’t work, the rushing attack is the worst in the NFL, and there’s just not enough scoring punch on a consistent basis to keep up any sort of pace.
New Orleans is giving up a ton of passing yards and allowed 17 touchdown passes, but Chicago doesn’t have the pop to take advantage of it. The team might not be the high-flying fun show of the past several years, but it leads the league in third down conversions, and …
Chicago is one of those find-a-way teams.
The defense is fantastic on third downs, the secondary is a rock on key plays in a bend-but-don’t-break way, and the takeaways are there to stay alive.
And yeah, against this Saint secondary, expect a better game from Nick Foles than the clunker against the Rams.
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