Interesting how Vegas looks at the Saints (1 Viewer)

[BlackNGoldblood]

According to this Chris Simms podcast, the Saints will be favored in all but 3 games, a fact which Simms said he was shocked to hear. However, the over/under win total is 9.5. Obviously oddsmakers think we won’t be able to finish games, just like last year. Also of note, the host of the podcast said 77% of the Vegas money has been spent on the Falcons going OVER 8.5 wins as opposed to under.

 

[Wheelo]

Us not being able to finish games, but the Falcons will finish games.... There's a reason for a spread of +/- on games and there's a reason the over/under for win totals is an odd number.

 

[Stalwart385]

Being favored doesn't mean a win. If you are favored in every game you play, but are only a 1-point favorite, you still could only be looking at 9 wins.

 

[BlackNGoldblood]

Us not being able to finish games, but the Falcons will finish games.... There's a reason for a spread of +/- on games and there's a reason the over/under for win totals is an odd number.

I get it. I’m just curious how often it happens that Vegas predicts a team will lose 4 or 5 games that Vegas sees them as favorite’s in.

 

[BlackNGoldblood]

Being favored doesn't mean a win. If you are favored in every game you play, but are only a 1-point favorite, you still could only be looking at 9 wins.

Because you don’t finish games.

 

[Stalwart385]

Because you don’t finish games.

Just random chance.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

you guys already know the deal, it's the Saints...we will get the 'disrespeck' until we earn it. in 2009, when we were 13-0, people were still calling us a fraud.

go out and win games and silence the haters.

 

[BBarnes]

According to this Chris Simms podcast, the Saints will be favored in all but 3 games, a fact which Simms said he was shocked to hear. However, the over/under win total is 9.5. Obviously oddsmakers think we won’t be able to finish games, just like last year. Also of note, the host of the podcast said 77% of the Vegas money has been spent on the Falcons going OVER 8.5 wins as opposed to under.

Good! We want the money on their over total, that means it’s in Vegas’s best interest for that to stay under haha

Also being favorited in all but 3 and the over under win total at 9.5 doesn’t correlate with not finishing games. Preseason future line spreads are so irrelevant I can’t even begin to put it into words. Injuries, off the field stuff, amongst 100s of other things could change and will change those spreads multiple times. Hence why the win total and the current spreads have nothing to do with one another or where each is set.

 

[Stalwart385]

you guys already know the deal, it's the Saints...we will get the 'disrespeck' until we earn it. in 2009, when we were 13-0, people were still calling us a fraud.

go out and win games and silence the haters.

Oh yeah, because of our schedule expect to see a lot of that no matter how much we win.

 

[SystemShock]

You lost me after "According to".

Who's predicting the Saints will be favored in all but 3 games? Based on what? How can anyone possibly predict that?

 

[TenTwo]

I would get the over and consider it a lock

 

[JustaSharkie]

Who is Chris Simms?!?

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Glad to read that elevators are not involved.

 

[Saint Spud]

The Chiefs will be favored by a lot more in pretty much all their games. And their over/under is *only* 11.5.

How oddsmakers say the Chiefs schedule and 2023 season shapes up

The only team in the National Football League with the distinction of being favored in every game on its schedule is the Kansas City Chiefs.

www.kctv5.com

Being favored in every game is much different than winning every game.

 

[SuperSaint]

Because I always go to Chris Simms for hard-hitting NFL coverage....

He's a clown.