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Weekend Football Betting Guide
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 • 4:25 P.M. ET • NEW ORLEANS BY 1½ • OVER/UNDER: 59½
Due largely to an offense that’s been difficult to contain inside the Superdome, New Orleans has won 10 of its last 11 home games, including playoffs. In these 11 contests, New Orleans has averaged 32.4 points per game with eight games of 30 or more points, as quarterback Drew Brees has averaged 303.9 passing yards per game with 20 touchdowns and six interceptions. The last time Brees hosted the Rams in 2016, he completed 78 percent of his passes for 310 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-21 blowout. The 39-year-old quarterback has been remarkably accurate this season with a career-high 77.4 completion percentage, which is on pace to break the NFL record of 72.0 percent, which Brees set last season. Since the start of the 2016 season, Los Angeles has struggled against accurate quarterbacks, going 6-15 against the spread when facing a team that’s completing at least 61 percent of its pass attempts.
Brees has the ability to outscore the high-powered Rams, as New Orleans has gone 8-1 agaInst the spread since the start of the 2016 season when facing an opponent that’s averaging at least 24 points per game. And since Sean Payton became the Saints’ head coach in 2006, New Orleans has gone 16-3 against the spread when facing a team that’s scoring an average of at least 27 points per game.