The Patriots favored by -3, the total at 42.5, -145 NE, +125 NO. The Patriots expected to be a run team but Mac Jones has thrown the ball over 30 times in his first two starts, the most since the 1950’s. Patriots are 59-17 vs NFC teams since 2002, but those are Brady stats and time will tell how they carry on. The Saints do have the 32nd pass defense and 32 offense after a bad time in Carolina. With all the players on the field this game also features two Hall of Fame coaches, both with win percentages over well over .600.
We will have to wait until game time to see which Winston we see, he leads the league in INT(90) since 2015. In the Payton Era New Orleans is 4-1 and has 30+ points in each game the following week after scoring 10 or less.
The Patriots bounced back week 2 to get to 1-1, but that was against the Jets. Honestly I’m not sure what to expect here so I’ll leave it at that. My prediction 22-16 Saints.