2006 Falcons Saints

May 23, 2008

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This Monday night will be the Falcons v. Saints, but the real story will be the return to the Super Dome. Hopefully this article will help you with your football betting on this game, and you’ll come out on the winning side. However if you do not want to do your own work, check out the NFL picks produced by the handicappers on this site.

Football returns to Louisiana on Monday night as the New Orleans Saints take on the Atlanta Falcons in the first game at the Super Dome since Hurricane Katrina nearly blew it off the map.

The Super Dome will be rocking on Monday night, literally rocking with U2 and Green Day scheduled to perform before kickoff. What should really be rocking though is the sold-out stadium which will be filled to capacity all season long, as every ticket to every Saints game has already been sold.

The Saints made this game even more hyped by starting the season 2-0. In fact the Saints started the season with two road wins for the first time ever in team history. The Saints’ opponents, the Falcons, are also undefeated at 2-0 which means this game is an unlikely battle for first place in the NFC South.

The Saints may be 2-0 but they have posted that record against Cleveland and Green Bay, who are both winless so far this season. The Falcons on the other hand have actually beaten teams that made the playoffs last season, Carolina and Tampa Bay.

The Saints’ offensive attack so far has been comprised mostly of new QB Drew Brees and running back Deuce McAllister. Brees has passed for 523 yards with three touchdowns. (Again, it was against the Browns and the Packers.) McAllister has remained New Orleans’ feature back with 137 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns. However, the player most Saints’ fans will be out to see on Monday night will be Reggie Bush. The second overall draft pick has only racked up 72 rushing yards on 21 carries this season but anticipation will be high on Monday night. One also has to wonder how the recent allegations being thrown at Bush and his family will affect Reggie on the field.

The Falcons picked up where they left off last season with one of the best rushing attacks in the league. Warrick Dunn may not have found the end zone yet this season, but he’s still been spectacular while rushing for 266 yards on 50 carries. Falcons’ QB Michael Vick is off to a fast start, with the rest of the league waiting for him to either get injured or start throwing more interceptions than touchdowns. In the Falcons’ two games Vick has passed for 232 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown. The versatility of Vick makes him a defense’s worst nightmare, but he still needs to prove he can be more than a great running quarterback over a full season.

As long as Atlanta’s defense continues to dominate, it may not matter what Vick does. The Falcons’ defense hasn’t allowed a touchdown yet this season and that was without defensive leader John Abraham in Week 2.

Everyone seems to be cheering for the Saints in this game, except for Falcons’ fans and perhaps the oddsmakers. The Saints are a 4.5-point underdog in this game and an upset win would not only do a lot for Saints fans and dog bettors, but also the people of New Orleans who have already been uplifted by the Saints’ feel-good start to the season.

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