#461 ASA PLAY 8* ON Carolina +7 over New Orleans, Sunday at 1:00 PM ET - We’re simply not sold on the Saints as one of the top teams in the NFL. They’re laying a full TD here and they’ve won only one game this year by 7 or more. That was a game vs Tampa (won by 9) in which the Bucs dominated the stats but had turnover problems including a Tom Brady pick 6. They have failed to cover 3 of their last 4 games with their only pointspread win during that stretch coming at Detroit winning by 5 as a 3-point favorite. In their most recent game, New Orleans fell behind by 17 points at home to the Chargers and had to rally back for an OT win. They’ll also be without both starting WR’s with Sanders and Thomas on the shelf. Carolina is coming off a home loss to the Bears last week. Turnovers were a huge problem as the Panthers had 3 to Chicago’s 1. Carolina actually outgained the Bears 303 to 261 and only had to punt once the entire game (Bears punted 4 times). The Cats have a solid +0.7 YPP differential on the season which is actually better than the Saints who are +0.5. The Panthers have already won 3 games outright this season as an underdog and QB Bridgewater has been a huge money maker covering 30 of his 40 starts in his NFL career (75%). We think this one goes to the wire and we’ll take the points.