NFL Season Opener: Vikings @ Saints
By Hank Harris • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: NFLBrett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings take on the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints in the 2010 NFL season opener at the Louisiana Superdome on Thursday (8:30 pm ET, NBC).
New Orleans is a 5-point, -240 moneyline favorite and the over/under total is at 48 in NFL Betting Odds at JustBet.
The Vikings and Saints will be meeting for the first time since the NFC Conference Championship, when New Orleans beat Minnesota 31-18 to advance to Super Bowl XLIV, in which the Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts to capture the first NFL Championship in franchise history.
Minnesota is 7-2 SU and ATS in the past nine meetings, and there is a significant over trend in recent head-to-head matchups, with seven of the past nine meetings going over the total, including four of the past five in New Orleans.
Minnesota (12-4 SU, 9-6-1 ATS last season) went 3-1 SU and ATS in the preseason. The Vikings last game was last Thursday when they beat the Denver Broncos 31-24, covering the spread as a 4-point favorite.
New Orleans (13-3 SU, 8-8 ATS) was 2-2 SU and 3-1 ATS in the preseason, losing 27-24 to the Tennessee Titans in their last game.
Hank Harris is a professional writer with more than 25 years experience. He has written on sports betting and gambling for more than a decade of that time. He covers all sports, from the NFL to the NBA to NCAA College.
He is originally from the Boston area and is now based out of Las Vegas.
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