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Experts all picking Saints over Panthers for Week 17 matchup

As you might expect, the experts are all taking New Orleans for this Week 17 matchup.

The Carolina Panthers (5-10) finish their 2020 season on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints (11-4).

As you might expect, the experts are all taking New Orleans for this Week 17 matchup. Here’s who they’re picking.

ESPN: Saints

To begin, New Orleans swept all nine picks at ESPN.

MMQB: Saints

They took all six picks at the MMQB, as well.

USA TODAY: Saints

Same story, here. New Orleans took all seven.

CBS Sports: Saints

This morning Jonathan Jones also picked the Saints.

Sporting News: Saints

Vinnie Iyer made this his lock of the week, predicting a 34-17 Saints win.

Pro Football Talk: Saints

Michael David Smith (28-17) and Mike Florio (31-17) also picked against the Panthers.

Last week was an interesting and difficult matchup to predict. This one is relatively straight-forward. New Orleans is a vastly more talented team and has a potential No. 1 seed in the NFC on the line. Carolina’s defense has been exceptional the last two games though, so we’d be surprised if it’s a blowout. Saints 24, Panthers 17.

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Experts all picking Saints over Panthers for Week 17 matchup

Nobody thinks the Panthers can upset the Saints on Sunday.

When the Panthers played the Saints five weeks ago in New Orleans, nobody thought they could pull off an upset. While Carolina made it interesting, ultimately the experts were proved right.

This time around, the Saints are favored by even more (12.5 points) and the experts are all picking them again.

ESPN: Saints

Louis Riddick’s picks aren’t in yet, but everybody else at ESPN is predicting a New Orleans win.

CBS Sports: Saints

It’s the same story over at CBS, where the entire panel picked the Saints.

SB Nation: Saints

There’s one dissenter at SB Nation. Patrick Holloway has picked the Panthers to win, but the rest all went the other way.

NFL.com: Saints

Gregg Rosenthal is also picking the Saints. He doesn’t think they will cover the spread, though. He has New Orleans winning 30-19.

USA Today: Saints

There’s no exceptions at USA Today, where every expert chose the Saints.

As for our pick, we have been waiting for about two months for this Panthers team to wake up and play to its potential. It would be foolish to expect it now, especially after getting crushed by a mediocre Colts team last week. New Orleans 33, Carolina 17.

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