The history of the New Orleans Saints may be told in three acts. Act I is the longest of the three, spanning from the inaugural season of 1967 to 2005 during which the squad was commonly known as the Ain’ts, the very picture of an NFL doormat – though quite profitable for bettors, certainly. Act II is all about the success brought over the subsequent decade and a half by head coach Sean Payton and Drew Brees. Act III, the post-Brees Era, has just begun
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Michael Thomas is out for the New Orleans Saints game against the Minnesota Vikings. Jameis Winston is also out with a sore back.
Jameis Winston and several other players could be injured for the New Orleans Saints' game against the Vikings.
The Panthers picked up their first win of the season with a 22-14 victory over the Saints in Week 3. They play the Cardinals in week 4.
The Dolphins are the new No. 1 team in the NFL after three weeks of games in 2022 regular season.
The New Orleans Saints are preparing for their Sunday morning game in London.
Josh Allen signed a long-term contract with Buffalo. Lamar Jackson has played three games in the final year of his contract and has no deal in place beyond 2022.
The Minnesota Vikings are set at quarterback. The New Orleans Saints are not.
Jameis Winston missed practice for the second time on Thursday. Andy Dalton could start in Week 4 for New Orleans Saints.
The Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints will meet in London on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The offensive line for Raiders ranked at No. 30 by Pro Football Focus.
Jameis Winston did not practice Wednesday. The New Orleans Saints lost 22-14 to the Carolina Panthers last week.
The Minnesota Vikings are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 matches. The total went OVER in 8 of Minnesota’s previous 11 matches against New Orleans.
Some teams have started their season off badly. Raiders, Texans, Saints and Seattle have disappointed after three weeks.
The Minnesota Vikings beat the Detroit Lions in the Week 3 game. They are 2-1 and will travel to London for their game against the New Orleans Saints.
Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints will play each other on October 2, 2022 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
The Atlanta Falcons (1-1) won their first game of the season against the New Orleans Saints. They are the underdogs against Cleveland Browns (2-0) on Sunday.
The New Orleans Saints take on the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4. BetMGM is giving Saints fans a free $1,000 bet to use as they please.
The New Orleans Saints lost to the Carolina Panthers in week 3.
Jake Luton was recently signed to the New Orleans Saints practice squad.
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The New Orleans Saints are in England for a game against the Minnesota Vikings.
Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints will meet in 2022 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
The New Orleans Saints lost 22-14 to the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
The Saints have yet to record an interception so far, but they boast a pretty stacked defense. Expect New Orleans to get pressure on Mayfield and force a mistake or two.
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The Times-Picayune's Terrin Waack will provide select stats and facts from the most recent NFL game to show how the New Orleans Saints marched against their opponent.
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The New Orleans Saints lost by eight points to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. They will now play the Minnesota Vikings in London.
The New Orleans Saints lost 22-14 at the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. They will now travel to London to play the Minnesota Vikings.
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New Orleans and Carolina are playing in a NFC South showdown in Week 3.
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The New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers are playing each other on Sunday.
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Carolina Panthers play the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
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Since Sean Payton took over as New Orleans head coach in 2005, his Saints have been mediocre against Washington: New Orleans is just 3-4 SU/1-6 ATS – and two of those SU wins were in overtime. The over is 6-1 in the seven games as well…
Monday, 23 Aug: Jacksonville Jaguars vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 03 Oct: New York Giants vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Thursday, 25 Nov: Buffalo Bills vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Monday, 27 Dec: Miami Dolphins vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Saturday, 14 Aug: New Orleans Saints vs Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium
Saturday, 28 Aug: Arizona Cardinals vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 12 Sep: Green Bay Packers vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 26 Sep: New Orleans Saints vs New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium
Sunday, 10 Oct: New Orleans Saints vs Washington Football Team at FedExField
Monday, 25 Oct: New Orleans Saints vs Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field
Sunday, 07 Nov: Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 14 Nov: New Orleans Saints vs Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium
Thursday, 02 Dec: Dallas Cowboys vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 12 Dec: New Orleans Saints vs New York Jets at MetLife Stadium
Sunday, 02 Jan: Carolina Panthers vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 11 Sep: New Orleans Saints vs Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Sunday, 18 Sep: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 25 Sep: New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium
Sunday, 02 Oct: Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 09 Oct: Seattle Seahawks vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 16 Oct: Cincinnati Bengals vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Thursday, 20 Oct: New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium
Sunday, 30 Oct: Las Vegas Raiders vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Monday, 07 Nov: Baltimore Ravens vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 13 Nov: New Orleans Saints vs Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field
Sunday, 20 Nov: Los Angeles Rams vs New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome
Sunday, 27 Nov: New Orleans Saints vs San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium
Monday, 05 Dec: New Orleans Saints vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium
Saturday, 24 Dec: New Orleans Saints vs Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium
Sunday, 01 Jan: New Orleans Saints vs Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field
For so many areas in the American South, the 1960s was a glorious era of expansion that brought top-level professional football to areas long known for their love of the game: Dallas, Miami, Atlanta and New Orleans. The New Orleans Saints began play in 1967 with a dyed-in-the-wool fanbase full of optimism and a fight song built right in.
Unfortunately, the key missing ingredient – winning – soon became painfully apparent. The original coining of the sobriquet “The Ain’ts” to describe New Orleans’s football team is lost to history, but the term likely stretches back to the late 70s, when already obvious the Saints just weren’t about winning football games. It took a full 12 seasons before New Orleans would enjoy the majesty of a .500 season in 1979. The Saints wouldn’t notch their first record of better than .500 and the playoffs until ’87 and wouldn’t get a playoff win until 2000. In fact, with the wildcard game win, the Saints became the 30th of the then 30 NFL teams to win a postseason game.
Following the 2000 season, the Saints spent the next four seasons finishing between 7-9 and 9-7 every year. And then real disaster.
Hurricane Katrina hit during the preseason to 2005 NFL season and the Saints were forced to evacuate the New Orleans area in August. Due to the use of the Superdome during the storm’s aftermath as an emergency shelter, the facility was rendered essentially unplayable for ’05. That season, the Saints played just seven “home” games (as opposed to the customary eight), with three held in San Antonio and four in Baton Rouge, the first occasions for both cities to host regular-season NFL games.
But in 2006, the Saints played out a redemption story to inspire their home city. Free agent QB Drew Brees came over from the San Diego Chargers, Sean Payton was hired as head coach, and RB Reggie Bush was taken at no. 2 overall in the draft. The team first flipped the 3-13 SU/5-11 ATS of ‘05 into 11-5 SU/10-6 ATS in ’06, and four years later finally won the Super Bowl, topping the favored Indianapolis Colts of Peyton Manning.
Following the Super Bowl win (“Bountygate” scandal aside), Saints fans were able to enjoy seeing their players on the right side of a highlight clip once in a while. In Brees’s remaining years with the Saints of 2010 through ’20, the Saints made the playoffs six times, going 6-7 SU/ATS in all playoff games during the span. However, it wasn’t the bow-out losses that gut-checked New Orleans fans (and many NFL bettors, to be sure) – it was the way they were eliminated.
• After the 2017 season, the Saints advanced to the divisional round against the Minnesota Vikings; on the game’s last play, Case Keenum threw a 27-yard pass to Stefon Diggs but Marcus Williams missed an open-field tackle of Diggs and allowed the Viking to score and end the Saints’ year.
• In the following playoffs, a late (and obvious) defensive pass interference against Los Angeles Rams CB Nickell Robey-Colemen went uncalled, thereby allowing the Rams to get another field goal to tie up the game, and another to win in OT.
• Finally, in the 2019-20 divisional round, both the Vikings and a phantom PI killed the Saints. This time, an overtime TD by TE Kyle Rudolph probably only happened by dint of offensive pass interference that the referees let slp.
What will come of the Saints now? It’s clear the Ain’ts ain’t no more, but NFLbets would hardly recommend betting these guys against anything but NFL South division mates until we know for certain…
Throughout the franchise’s history, the New Orleans Saints have been pretty good to the bettors. For about 40 years, one could easily turn a profit by betting against the “Ain’ts” in every game. This was followed by the golden days of head coach Sean Payton and QB Drew Brees during which the Saints made for a great bet week to week – until another soul-crushing defeat in the playoffs. How to bet the Saints in the new era? Stay tuned to NFLbets for the newst in New Orleans Saints news…
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