The Detroit Lions started the season 0-7…then won four games in a row…and now have dropped two, sitting at 4-9. Now they find themselves heading to New Orleans (5-8) for the Week 15 Monday Night Football tilt. The Lions are 1-4 in their last five games against New Orleans (0-5 against the spread). The Saints are three-point favorites on NFL football odds with the over/under total is 51 points.
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— ESPN Monday Night (@ESPNMondayNight) December 21, 2015
Should you pick the Detroit Lions (+3)?
The Lions were one play away from sweeping the Green Bay Packers two weeks ago, until one of the worst coaching decisions in the NFL this year saw Detroit screw up a Hail Mary defense as Aaron Rodgers threw a 61-yard bomb on the game’s last play. They seemed to be still in shock from that loss as they lost to St. Louis last week. The Saints are nowhere near as good as Green Bay, and Tennessee and Tampa Bay have already come in as road underdogs and beaten the Saints straight up. The Lions look like they have righted the ship after that awful start, and they have a great shot at getting back on a winning roll this week.Should you pick the New Orleans Saints (-3)?
The Lions are 0-9 against the spread in their last nine December road games. They are 1-4 on the road this year (with the one road win coming in Green Bay). The Saints are 10-2 in their last twelve Monday Night Football appearances. The Superdome has long been a place where road teams experience a house of horrors, particularly in prime time as the fans get raucous in night games.