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By Jeff Fogle | The Sun Herald
After a quick bump in the road, the New Orleans Saints got back on track last week with a 34-17 rout of the Tampa Bay Bucs as 5-point road favorites.
This week, Drew Brees and company could close as 10-point favorites or higher at home against the suddenly reeling Carolina Panthers (CBS, noon). Carolina has dropped three of its last four games, including blowouts by scores of 51-13 at San Francisco, and 29-3 last week vs. Atlanta.
Though the Saints have edges over most teams in a lot of areas, perhaps the most important is their efficient offense. Last week’s win/cover didn’t feature impressive yardage stats. In fact, Tampa Bay won total yardage 334-328 and yards-per-play 5.5 to 5.1. Why the rout? ...
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