Week 7 begins with a battle for relevancy between the Saints and Cardinals. Both teams sit at 2-4 so if they have any designs on making a run they’ll need to win this game. Hopefully we can get an interesting Thursday Night game for once, but honestly we probably won’t. Let’s take a look.

The Spread: Cardinals (-2)

This ones tricky. I’m not that confident in either direction. Both teams haven’t looked great this year although the Cardinals get Deandre Hopkins back this week. I’m not sure how much of a factor he’ll play though as he may be on a snap count this week. The Saints on the other hand are banged up big time. They were without their top 3 WRs last week and still almost beat the Bengals. Both teams are desperate here so unfortunately I can’t use that logic which has helped me out the last few Monday/Thursday games. My thought here is similar to two Thursday’s ago with the Colts and Broncos. In a close game with two evenly matched teams it’s probably smarter to take the points even if it’s only 2. Regardless of who’s been at QB the Saints have been able to hang around with some solid teams this year. I think this is a close game so like I said earlier you have to take the points. Fade the public again. We ride with the Saints.

The Play: Saints +2

Over/Under (44)

The under has just been hitting at such a crazy pace right now I don’t think you can bet against it. Unless of course you get a game like Chiefs/Raiders or something like that. The Cardinals have struggled offensively and while the Saints haven’t necessarily I think their injuries will start to catch up to them. This feels like a game where we’ll get some turnovers and if you watched the Bills and the Chiefs you know that turnovers are an over killer. I think you go under here and hope for another slop fest like the last few weeks.

The Play: Under (44)

Final Prediction

With my earlier predictions of Saints +2 and Under 44 give me the Saints 20-17.