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The New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals open their preseasons Saturday. Kickoff from State Farm Stadium is at 8 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Saints vs. Cardinals odds, and make our expert NFL picks and predictions.
The Saints are coming off a 9-8 season in 2023 in which they won 4 of their last 5 games, but did not make the postseason. They added LB Willie Gay Jr., DE Chase Young and more in the offseason.
The Cardinals went 4-13 last season, but were 3-5 in the final 8 games when QB Kyler Murray returned from an ACL tear suffered in Dec. 2022.
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Saints at Cardinals odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 9:41 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Saints -135 (bet $135 to win $100) | Cardinals +110 (bet $100 to win $110)
- Against the spread (ATS): Saints -2.5 (-110) | Cardinals +2.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 37 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Saints at Cardinals picks and predictions
Prediction
Cardinals 20, Saints 16
Moneyline
The CARDINALS (+110) had 2 come-from-behind preseason wins last year with their back-of-the-roster players.
Murray will not play, and most of their starters probably will not either.
The Saints have not said one way or another with theirs.
However, as the preseason goes, because games are decided by players late in the game who largely will not be on active NFL rosters in the regular season, there is only one way to bet preseason games — bet plus odds and hope for the best.
BET CARDINALS (+110).
Against the spread
Again, as attempting to handicap games where teams actively hold back some of their game planning and have fringe players and guys who will not be playing football next month, don’t bet the spread.
These games are too unpredictable and volatile to get any trends or read.
PASS.
Over/Under
Last preseason, 2 of the Cardinals’ preseason games (their 2 wins) had only 35 points. Their loss had 48.
Neither preseason game played Thursday had more than 20 total points.
Last year, only 9 of 16 games had over 37 points for their total.
BET UNDER 37 (-110).
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