The Duke's Sports
San Francisco (+6) for 2 Units
This line opened at 49ers +4' but soon jumped to +5'. We now see +6 in a lot of online sportsbooks. In this instance, like a good offense, we'll take what the defense, or sportsbooks, give us. SF has exhibited strength off disastrous losses under Singleltary and sports a 5-0 ATS mark off a SU loss vs winning teams under him. Sure, the 49ers' offense looked embarrassingly bad last week unable to get plays called on time, interceptions, no run game; on the other hand, the Super Bowl incumbents (Saints) still look like world beaters coming off a win and cover vs Minnesota. However, in the NFL, a lot of times you're not as good as you think you are and you're not as bad as they say you are. We'll look for that to hold true tonight. The 49ers have a very good defense and we're projecting the 49ers' offense will play more "smash mouth" Singletary style football and get the run game going behind Gore instead of heaving the ball up 45 times (last week). Alex Smith has shown ability to lead the offense effectively in the right situation and getting the run game going is surely the right situation for him. The New Orleans' defense can be ran on. SF is a resilient and resourceful team as their 13-4-1 ATS mark off a SU loss of more than 14 points indicates. Throw in that they're 6-0 ATS off a SU favorite loss while the Saints are just 1-11 ATS in September vs losing teams, and we got a dangerous dog tonight.
San Francisco (+6) for 2 Units
This line opened at 49ers +4' but soon jumped to +5'. We now see +6 in a lot of online sportsbooks. In this instance, like a good offense, we'll take what the defense, or sportsbooks, give us. SF has exhibited strength off disastrous losses under Singleltary and sports a 5-0 ATS mark off a SU loss vs winning teams under him. Sure, the 49ers' offense looked embarrassingly bad last week unable to get plays called on time, interceptions, no run game; on the other hand, the Super Bowl incumbents (Saints) still look like world beaters coming off a win and cover vs Minnesota. However, in the NFL, a lot of times you're not as good as you think you are and you're not as bad as they say you are. We'll look for that to hold true tonight. The 49ers have a very good defense and we're projecting the 49ers' offense will play more "smash mouth" Singletary style football and get the run game going behind Gore instead of heaving the ball up 45 times (last week). Alex Smith has shown ability to lead the offense effectively in the right situation and getting the run game going is surely the right situation for him. The New Orleans' defense can be ran on. SF is a resilient and resourceful team as their 13-4-1 ATS mark off a SU loss of more than 14 points indicates. Throw in that they're 6-0 ATS off a SU favorite loss while the Saints are just 1-11 ATS in September vs losing teams, and we got a dangerous dog tonight.
Vegastout.com was created on September 10th, 2010. Pretty sure he'll just close up shop if he loses.
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Vegastout.com was created on September 10th, 2010. Pretty sure he'll just close up shop if he loses.
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And will start up a new service somewhere else.
Evan Altemus
3 Units San Francisco 49ers +6
San Francisco is not as bad as they played last week against Seattle. The Seahawks have a great home field advantage, and the 49ers started off behind early as well, which meant they had to play catch up. San Francisco is a power running team and their offense isn’t designed to play catch up. In addition, Alex Smith didn’t have a majority of the preseason to practice with some of the best weapons in his offense. Overall when looking at this game, it’s a classic example of a mid level team playing a top tier team at home in a primetime game. Numerous times over the last 20 years have teams stepped up in games like this. The Saints weren’t a dominating ATS team at all on the road last season, going 4-4 ATS, but their ATS win at Miami really should have been a loss if not for a last second interception returned for a touchdown. San Francisco doesn’t even have to win this game to cover the point spread either. They only have to keep it within one score. The only way I don’t see the 49ers covering is if their offense is completely inept once again, but I don’t expect that to happen. I expect the Saints to out gain the 49ers, but San Francisco will make enough plays to win the game or cover in a loss. The reason this selection isn’t a bigger play is because I don’t trust Alex Smith in order to make a larger wager on them. This is game features a great situation to back a team that played poorly last week in a primetime home game this week. Be sure to shop around for the best line, as this point spread is about 1.5 points different depending on what book you’re looking at.
3 Units San Francisco 49ers +6
San Francisco is not as bad as they played last week against Seattle. The Seahawks have a great home field advantage, and the 49ers started off behind early as well, which meant they had to play catch up. San Francisco is a power running team and their offense isn’t designed to play catch up. In addition, Alex Smith didn’t have a majority of the preseason to practice with some of the best weapons in his offense. Overall when looking at this game, it’s a classic example of a mid level team playing a top tier team at home in a primetime game. Numerous times over the last 20 years have teams stepped up in games like this. The Saints weren’t a dominating ATS team at all on the road last season, going 4-4 ATS, but their ATS win at Miami really should have been a loss if not for a last second interception returned for a touchdown. San Francisco doesn’t even have to win this game to cover the point spread either. They only have to keep it within one score. The only way I don’t see the 49ers covering is if their offense is completely inept once again, but I don’t expect that to happen. I expect the Saints to out gain the 49ers, but San Francisco will make enough plays to win the game or cover in a loss. The reason this selection isn’t a bigger play is because I don’t trust Alex Smith in order to make a larger wager on them. This is game features a great situation to back a team that played poorly last week in a primetime home game this week. Be sure to shop around for the best line, as this point spread is about 1.5 points different depending on what book you’re looking at.
