Saints underdogs in 12 games after NFL schedule release


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The full NFL schedule has been released and now every game of the season has a spread attached to it.

These lines will move vastly over time but it’s a great way to look at the season and how each team is viewed.

This email has the NFC South games lines from BetOnline.ag.

There are notes for each team but multiple things also for the NFC South.

  1. The oddsmakers think the Panthers playing a first place schedule will expose them as they are only favorites in three games.
  2. This is the worst division by far. In non-division games:
    1. They are underdogs in 37 of 44 games
    2. That is 84.1% of games
    3. They are underdogs in 19 of 20 road games (95%)
    4. The only road non-division game the NFC South is favored in is Week 3 when the Panthers visit the Browns.

Here’s the direct link to real-time NFL game spreads: https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/football/nfl.

Atlanta Falcons

Week 1 at Pittsburgh Steelers +3
Week 2 vs Carolina Panthers -1½
Week 3 at Green Bay Packers +7½
Week 4 at New Orleans Saints +2½
Week 5 vs Baltimore Ravens +4½
Week 6 vs Chicago Bears +3
Week 7 vs San Francisco 49ers +4½
Week 8 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers +4½
Week 9 vs Cincinnati Bengals +4½
Week 10 vs Kansas City Chiefs +4½
Week 11 BYE
Week 12 at Minnesota Vikings +4½
Week 13 vs Detroit Lions +3½
Week 14 at Cleveland Browns +1½
Week 15 at Washington Commanders +3½
Week 16 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1½
Week 17 vs New Orleans Saints -1½
Week 18 at Carolina Panthers +2½

Falcons Notes:

  • They are favored in 2 games and dogs in 15
  • They are dogs in every non-division game
  • They are dogs in every game from Week 3 to Week 17
  • Biggest favorite is -1½ vs Panthers and Saints
  • Biggest dog is +7½ at Packers
  • For a team that is a dog in 15 games, it is a bit surprising that +7½ is the largest line

Carolina Panthers

Week 1 vs Chicago Bears +2½
Week 2 at Atlanta Falcons +1½
Week 3 at Cleveland Browns -1½
Week 4 vs Detroit Lions +3
Week 5 BYE
Week 6 at Philadelphia Eagles +6½
Week 7 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1½
Week 8 at Green Bay Packers +7
Week 9 vs Denver Broncos +3
Week 10 at New Orleans Saints +1½
Week 11 vs Baltimore Ravens +4½
Week 12 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3½
Week 13 at Minnesota Vikings +3½
Week 14 vs New Orleans Saints -2½
Week 15 vs Cincinnati Bengals +2½
Week 16 at Pittsburgh Steelers +3½
Week 17 vs Seattle Seahawks +5½
Week 18 vs Atlanta Falcons -2½

Panthers Notes:

  • They are favored in 3 games and dogs in 14
  • They are dogs in every game from Week 4 to Week 13
  • Biggest favorite is -2½ vs Falcons
  • Biggest dog is +7 at Packers

New Orleans Saints

Week 1 at Detroit Lions +7
Week 2 at Baltimore Ravens +7½
Week 3 vs Las Vegas Raiders -3
Week 4 vs Atlanta Falcons -2½
Week 5 vs Minnesota Vikings +1½
Week 6 at New York Giants +2½
Week 7 vs Pittsburgh Steelers +2½
Week 8 BYE
Week 9 vs Cleveland Browns -3½
Week 10 vs Carolina Panthers -1½
Week 11 at Chicago Bears +6½
Week 12 at Cincinnati Bengals +6½
Week 13 vs Green Bay Packers +4½
Week 14 at Carolina Panthers +2½
Week 15 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3½
Week 16 vs Arizona Cardinals -5½
Week 17 at Atlanta Falcons +1½
Week 18 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1½

Saints notes:

  • They are favored in 5 games and dogs in 12
  • They are dogs in every game from Week 11 to Week 15
  • Biggest favorite is -5½ vs Cardinals
  • Biggest dog is +7½ at Ravens

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 1

at Cincinnati Bengals

+3½

Week 2

vs Cleveland Browns

-5½

Week 3

vs Minnesota Vikings

-1½

Week 4

vs Green Bay Packers

+1½

Week 5

at Dallas Cowboys

+3½

Week 6

vs Pittsburgh Steelers

-1½

Week 7

at Carolina Panthers

-1½

Week 8

vs Atlanta Falcons

-4½

Week 9

at Chicago Bears

+3½

Week 10

BYE

Week 11

at Detroit Lions

+4½

Week 12

vs Carolina Panthers

-4½

Week 13

vs Los Angeles Chargers

+1½

Week 14

at Baltimore Ravens

+6

Week 15

vs New Orleans Saints

-3½

Week 16

at Atlanta Falcons

-1½

Week 17

vs Los Angeles Rams

+3½

Week 18

at New Orleans Saints

-1½

Buccaneers notes:

  • They are favored in 9 games and dogs in 8
  • They are favored in every division game
  • Biggest favorite is -5½ vs Browns
  • Biggest dog is +6 at Ravens
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