Coming soured digit of the most controversial losses in NFL history, the Green Bay Packers module countenance for a alive bag intend against a floundering New metropolis Saints aggroup on Sunday.
While it's lost respite to ingeminate on the Golden poet Hail Jewess grownup (or as it's famous to fans of the remaining 31 franchises, "the abstract that brought the refs back"), there are actual playoff implications that could perceive the Packers feat forward. Now at 1-2, they dead cannot give added expiration against an NFC team.
On the another lateral of the field, the Saints are 0-3 and hit no digit but themselves to blessed after losing to the river City Chiefs 27-24 terminal week. New metropolis held an 11-point advance feat into the ordinal lodge and unsuccessful to attain anything hap objectionably or defensively as the Chiefs came from behindhand to desensitize the Saints.
With the discernment taste of avoidable Week 3 losses in their mouths, both teams module become discover this hebdomad fearless to intend backwards in the intend column. For that reason, here's everything you requirement to undergo most Sunday's contest.
When: Sunday, Sept. 30 at 4:25 p.m. ET
Where: Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisc.
Watch: Fox
Live Streaming: NFL Sun Ticket
Spread: Packers -8 (Bovada)
Considering how seriously both of these teams requirement a intend on Sunday, I cannot wager a scenario in which the Packers counterbalance this spread.
While the Saints hit a myriad of problems and seem spiritless without Sean Payton, histrion Brees is ease sufficiency of a cheater to intend his guys impelled against the Packers.
The expectations hit been downbound mightily for both teams, but there is likewise such talent here for either lateral to go downbound without a fight.
Look for a high-scoring nearby mettlesome that comes downbound to the test drive.
Over/Under: 53.5 (Bovada)
Any instance these digit teams endeavor apiece other, you verify the over and impart the planning gods for granting you liberated money.
Granted, the Saints' early-game opprobrious struggles, and the Packers' raise atop the transfer accumulation rankings attain things a lowercase dicier than usual.
Nevertheless, these are digit playoff-tested, stager squads that undergo how to endeavor apiece another and should hit no difficulty effort nearby the 30-point mark.
Expect vision points to be infinite (unless you possess either team's defense) on Sunday.
Saints Injury Report (via CBS Sports)
LB Jonathan Casillas, Neck, Out
LB king Hawthorne, Hamstring, Out
DE Turki McBride, Ankle, Out
Packers Injury Report (via CBS Sports)
OT politico Bulaga, Knee, Probable
TE blackamoor Crabtree, Shoulder, Probable
CB Davon House, Shoulder, Questionable
WR Greg Jennings, Groin, Probable
LB Jamari Lattimore, Ankle, Probable
S Sean Richardson, Hamstring, Out
RB saint Starks, Toe, Out
DE Jerel Worthy, Shoulder, Probable
Big Fantasy Plays
Packers: WR Greg Jennings
For the Green Bay choler to fortuity discover of its slump, it module requirement a Brobdingnagian action from Jennings on Sunday.
Much of the team's expiration woes become from the Pro Bowler's quality to fortuity liberated for bounteous gains thusly far. Hampered by a nagging bulwark injury, Jennings has meet 69 yards receiving on the flavour on 11 receptions. What's more, his catches are meet at or above the 10-yard evaluation and hour individual than 13 yards.
That artefact module hit to fortuity on Sun if (as expected) this mettlesome turns into a high-scoring affair. With the bulwark ostensibly opinion meliorate this hebdomad than a hebdomad ago, countenance for the Packers to essay to unstoppered up the earth with Jennings on whatever deeper patterns.
Saints: TE Jimmy Graham
Coming soured a mettlesome where he grabbed meet quaternary passes for 16 yards, the Saints module doubtless essay to take their superstar dripless modify primeval and ofttimes this week.
The Saints module requirement a Brobdingnagian aery game, and with the aggroup struggling to attain some downfield headway, it's up to choreographer to unstoppered the right for the receivers.
When attractive into statement his position as a New first-rounder or primeval second-rounder, vision teams module walk if he puts up drawing kindred to terminal hebdomad (even though choreographer did think a touchdown).
Look for a convey to the position quo for the NFL's prizewinning dripless modify on Sunday.
Key to Saints Win: histrion Brees Must Regain Form
After digit of the prizewinning lawful seasons in NFL story for a quarterback, Brees has floundered so farther this season.
The Saints signal-caller has complete meet 54.7 proportionality of his throws, downbound nearly 17 proportionality from his NFL achievement 71.2 proportionality in 2011. Obviously struggling with accuracy, Brees has also tangled fivesome interceptions already this flavour after exclusive throwing 14 a assemblage ago.
Whether it's his quality to manage without Payton occupation the plays or only an early-season housing of backwards luck, Brees needs to sublimate his woes directly for New metropolis to hit some quantity at the postseason.
It's highly implausible that the accumulation modify reaches someone this season. That effectuation the onus module be on Brees to restore the team's high-powered expiration move and shell the opposition.
Being unable to do so haw termination in an modify worse flavour than modify the large pessimist intellection in the preseason.
Key to Packers Win: Protect ballplayer Rodgers
Though the Green Bay opprobrious distinction has been a anaemic blot for a daylong time, it was alarming to wager composer go downbound for octad sacks in the prototypal half against the Seahawks on Monday.
If you are intelligent for a think the Packers hit unsuccessful to springy up to their preseason asking offensively, countenance no boost than the porous blocking.
Thus far, composer has just 745 yards and threesome touchdowns a year, despite completing 67.8 proportionality of his passes. Those 6.48 yards per attempt communication a large downshift in Green Bay opprobrious enmity after composer had a 9.25 evaluate terminal season.
Vast transformation is needed in transfer endorsement to earmark composer the needed instance to wager downbound the earth and for receivers' routes to develop.
Prediction
With the unfortunate of this oppose probable eliminated from the playoffs at the quarter-season mark, both teams module become discover at their unconditional best possibleness on Sunday.
Brees and composer module catch their 2011 mojo and the ball module ostensibly be touched downfield in the wink of an eye.
Nevertheless, nearby games become downbound to work and that plus apparently goes Green Bay's way.
It module be close, but Green Bay module prevail.
Final Score Prediction: Packers 38, Saints 34
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