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By Jeff Fogle, VSiN | New York Post
“Betting the obvious” isn’t supposed to work this well. The dominant Saints have covered nine straight games coming into Thursday’s meeting with the Cowboys (Fox, 8:20 p.m.).
Oddsmakers can’t make the lines high enough — though the market finally got close Thanksgiving night when New Orleans (-13) beat Atlanta, 31-17. It took the Saints going at about three-quarter speed to make backers sweat. New Orleans was outgained, 366-312. Drew Brees had a very quiet passing line (by his standards) of 15-22-1-171. The Saints cashed anyway.
Overlooked in all of this season’s highlight-reel performances are important things the Saints aren’t doing offensively. It’s easy to see they are doing. While gaining yards and scoring touchdowns, the Saints aren’t turning the ball over, aren’t committing penalties, aren’t taking sacks, and aren’t being forced to punt as often as other elite offenses. ...
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