OMFG, the NFL is back. Hallelujah!
Vikings @ New Orleans(-5.5)
I don’t think either one of these teams will be as good this year as they were last year. For the Vikings, the receiver situation is still shaky at best. Rice was huge for them last year and now Harvin is questionable, too, and it seems unlikely that Favre can keep it down to 7 picks again. Unless Childress is smart enough to call AP’s name more often (and Favre is humble enough not to audible out of it all the time), I don’t think the Vikings will be the offensive force. Similarly, I can’t see the Saints defense holding up as well as they did last year. Felt like smoke and mirrors some of the time, and while they got it done when it really mattered, I foresee some regression to the mean this time around. I expect the Vikings’ decrement to be slightly larger than the Saints, so I will give the points.
Damn it’ll be good to have the NFL back again…
I feel a letdown for the Saints as many others do. I’m also sooo not on the Favre bandwagon. They’ll both pick it up in the second half and score some points, but it will be a close game (just like the Superbowl) and the Saints will edge out a victory, but they won’t cover.