New Orleans Saints at Tennessee Titans odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Sunday’s New Orleans Saints at Tennessee Titans sports betting odds and lines, with Week 16 NFL betting picks, tips and bets.

The New Orleans Saints (11-3) and Tennessee Titans (8-6) meet up at Nissan Stadium in Nashville Sunday at 1 p.m. ET (on FOX). We analyze the Saints-Titans sports betting odds and lines, with NFL betting picks and tips for the Week 16 matchup.

Saints at Titans: Week 16 preview, betting trends and notes

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The Saints enter the week as one of four 11-win teams in the NFC, so this is a very important game in their pursuit of home-field advantage in the postseason
The Titans are still very much alive for a wild-card spot in the AFC, but they need a win and the Steelers to lose.
New Orleans ranks ninth in total yards per game (373.3), seventh in passing yards (264.6 YPG) and sixth in points scored (27.0 PPG).
Defensively, the Saints rank fourth in the NFL with just 90.8 rushing yards per game allowed.
New Orleans is 25-8 ATS across the past 33 road games and 9-3 ATS in the past 12 overall. The Saints are also 26-12-1 ATS in the past 39 against teams with a winning record.
Tennessee is 4-1 ATS in the past five games overall, while going 3-1-1 ATS in the past five home outings. The Titans are just 2-5 ATS in the past seven against winning teams.

Saints at Titans: Key injuries

Saints: S Vonn Bell (knee), LB Kiko Alonso (quadriceps) and RG Larry Warford are out, while LG Andrus Peat (forearm) is questionable.

Titans: WR Adam Humphries (ankle) and CB Adoree’ Jackson (foot) are out, while DT Jeffery Simmons (knee) is questionable.

Saints at Titans: Odds, betting lines and prediction

Titans QB Ryan Tannehill. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel – USA TODAY Sports)

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 2:20 p.m. ET.

Prediction

Titans 26, Saints 24

Moneyline (?)

The TITANS (+115) should be playing with some desperation, while the Saints (-139) also have a ton on the line. This should be one of the better games of the Week 16 slate, coming right down to the end. Take the home side to pull it out.

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Against the Spread (?)

The TITANS (+2.5, -106) are a better play on the moneyline, as it’s generally a good rule of thumb to bet the ML when dealing with ‘dogs of three or fewer points. However, if you want a little insurance with the home team, take the points.

Over/Under (?)

PASS. The total of 50.5 (Over -106, Under -115) is going to be awfully close. Save your money and find another game. This won’t be a defensive slog, but it also won’t be a track meet. Look for the total to come in right around 50 points, so this total is too close to call.

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Texans will try to ‘build a wall’ to stop Titans RB Derrick Henry

The Houston Texans run-defense will try to “build a wall” to stop Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry on Sunday in NFL Week 15.

In the span of seven days, the Houston Texans will go from facing the 5-8, 185-pound Phillip Lindsay to the 6-3, 247-pound Derrick Henry, of the Tennessee Titans.

Lindsay and the Denver Broncos beat the Texans. He rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown in a 38-24 route that isn’t entirely depicted in the score. Despite the Broncos winning, Houston did a good job against Lindsay, as he rushed for 3.2 yards per attempt.

On Sunday, the Texans will look to limit Henry, just as they did to Lindsay. That’s easier said than done.

“He’s hard to stop. He is a big back, physical back. He’s a good player. He’s big, he’s physical, he’s got good vision,” said coach Bill O’Brien on Monday. “They throw him the ball out of the backfield, he’s hard to tackle.”

If the Texans were to, theoretically, limit Henry’s production, they would be the first since the Broncos in Week 6. Since Denver limited him to 28 rush yards on 15 attempts, Henry has tallied 827 ground yards and nine touchdowns on 137 attempts (6.0 yards per carry).

Henry has 1,243 yards and 13 touchdowns on the season while running for 5.0 yards per attempt. He also has 18 receptions for 206 yards and two touchdowns. A Heisman Trophy winner out of Alabama, the Titans’ bell-cow back is a nightmare to defend.

How will the Texans do so? By building a wall.

“You’ve got to set the edge and build a wall. That’s what we’re going to try to do,” said O’Brien.

With the thriving quarterback Ryan Tannehill under center and Henry running angrily, the Titans have won their last four and five of their previous six. If the Texans want to end their winning ways, stopping the run-game, via building a wall, will be one of their top priorities.

The Texans, before Monday Night Football, rank as the NFL’s 18th-best run defense, allowing 109.5 yards per game.

AFC Playoff Picture heading into Week 14

The AFC playoff picture got a little bit more interesting with the Patriots loss. There are races for the AFC East, South, and Wild Cards.

It might be time to talk about the Patriots but we will know more after this week against the Chiefs. It’s definitely time to talk about the Ravens and how they’ve looked like an unstoppable force. Even with the Texans’ impressive victory, there’s a challenger lurking in the South. The AFC West is still the Chiefs to lose.

AFC East

New England Patriots 10-2

New England had to go 2-2 in their stretch of games that started with the Eagles and ended with the Chiefs. That’s exactly what was said last week. It still stands. Of course, winning against Kansas City is probably in their best interest. They still have the inside track at winning the AFC East, but a victory against the Chiefs may also assure them a bye.

Remaining Schedule: Chiefs, @Bengals, Bills, Dolphins

Buffalo Bills 9-3

The Bills have a legit shot at winning the AFC East. Of course, they will have to beat the Ravens and Steelers first and then beat the Patriots in New England. They could enter Week 17 needing a win to get to the playoffs.

Remaining Schedule: Ravens, @Steelers, @Patriots, Jets

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6 teams sitting at 7-5 or worse that could make a push to the playoffs

Let me start this off by saying that any of these teams making the playoffs is unlikely. They have to be perfect – or near-perfect – from here on out. Then again, that’s why we watch football. We watch because something crazy tends to happen every …

Let me start this off by saying that any of these teams making the playoffs is unlikely. They have to be perfect — or near-perfect — from here on out. Then again, that’s why we watch football. We watch because something crazy tends to happen every season. If the rest of the season played out how we currently think it will, that’s pretty boring. So let’s talk about the teams that could make things exciting.

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Titans are favorites over Raiders ahead of Sunday matchup

The Titans are favored to leave with the win by a point spread of (-2.5), according to Bet MGM.

The Tennessee Titans (7-5) are looking very much like a team that could edge its way into the playoffs after recording a 31-17 win over the visiting Indianapolis Colts on Sunday in Nissan Stadium.

With the victory, the Titans have now won three games in a row, and will look to extend that streak to four as they face the Oakland Raiders (6-6) this week on the road.

The Titans are favored to leave with the win by a point spread of (-2.5), according to Bet MGM.

The Raiders have hardly had the same type of momentum as the Titans have held lately, dropping their past two consecutive contests.

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Oakland has scored just 12 combined points in two games, recording a 40-9 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last week, and falling 34-3 to the New York Jets in the week prior to that.

While the Titans could have their quarterback of the future in Ryan Tannehill, things couldn’t be much different at the position for the Raiders.

Quarterback Derek Carr is likely playing for his job at this point, and this game could ultimately end up being the deciding factor.

Carr has been met with plenty of criticism, including after he went 20-of-30 passing for 222 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions against Kansas City.

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The Titans and Raiders are set to kick off at 3:25 p.m. CT on Sunday in Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

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Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Sunday’s Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts Week 13 matchup, with NFL betting odds, picks and best bets

The Tennessee Titans (6-5) visit the Indianapolis Colts (6-5) at Lucas Oil Stadium Sunday for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff. We analyze the Titans-Colts odds and lines, with NFL Week 13 betting picks and tips for the matchup. They’re tied for second in the AFC South, one game behind the Houston Texans (7-4), and in the thick of the wild-card race.

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Titans at Colts: Week 13 preview, betting trends and notes

The Titans are 4-1 ATS in their last five games, but just 6-5 for the season. The Colts are 2-3 ATS in their last five after starting 4-1-1 in 2019.
Indianapolis is 10-2 SU in its last 12 home games. The Colts have been even better at home, specifically against the Titans, going 10-1 in their last 11.
The Colts have covered the spread in each of their last seven games against the AFC South.
The Titans are 1-4 ATS vs. teams with a winning record in their last five games.
The total has gone over in each of the Titans’ last five games and five of the Colts’ last seven home contests.
The favorite has gone 5-1 ATS in the last six meetings between these two teams.

Titans at Colts: Key injuries

Titans TE Delanie Walker (ankle) has been placed on injured reserve and is out for the year.

Colts RB Marlon Mack remains out with a hand injury, which required surgery last week.