Falcons vs Saints NFL Monday Night Showdown
Boxing Day is traditionally a day foe folks to recover from all the tasty excesses the day before, and what better way to aid that process this year than to settle in to watch the exciting NFL Monday Night Football showdown between NFC South rivals the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints, live from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in Louisiana.
Even though the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons have each already clinched a place in this year's playoffs, both teams still have much to play for in the last two games of the regular season - namely the NFC South divisional title.
Leading the Falcons by two wins on 11-3, the Saints will no doubt do everything in their power tonight to clinch the title, while the Falcons will pull out all the stops to get one game closer to ensuring a tie. This will no doubt result in a hard and heavy-hitting game, and one which promises loads of betting excitement for NFL fans in the US, Canada and beyond.
Tonight's Falcons vs Saints Odds at Bodog
As such, popular Canadian-friendly online sportsbook Bodog has laid the following Falcons vs Saints odds:
| Spread | Money Line | Total | |
| A Atlanta Falcons | +6.5 1.91 | 3.45 | o52 1.91 |
| H New Orleans Saints | -6.5 1.91 | 1.33 | u52 1.91 |
From the above Falcons vs Saints betting odds, it's plain to see that the home team are expected rack up a win, but with both teams so highly motivated to win for different reasons, anything could happen.
Of course, it won't be lost on NFL betting fans that the New Orleans Saints have been playing like a team possessed of late, considering they've notched up six straight victories and will attempt their seventh this evening. Also, if they dispatch their NFC South rivals, not only will they clinch the divisional title, but they'll earn a first-round playoff bye.
In three out their last four games, the Saints have scored at least 31 points and have not allowed more than 24 points in their six-game winning streak. These stats, coupled with the fact they are very strong on both sides of the ball and have the home ground advantage, will make it extremely difficult for the Falcons to make much headway tonight.
The Falcons Boast a Never-Say-Die Attitude
However, the Falcons boast one of the most dangerous weapons in professional sports - 'a never-say-die attitude', which they showed off a couple of weeks ago when they overcame a 16-point deficit in the second-half to dispatch the Carolina Panthers 31-23 while on the road.
They then followed that up with a extremely convincing 41-14 home win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 15. While admittedly neither the Panthers nor the Jaguars are the strongest teams in the NFL, the Falcons did more than enough to prove that they belong in the playoffs.
Against the Jaguars, WR Roddy White caught 10 passes for 135 yards and two TDs, the third time out of five games that he racked up no less than 120 receiving yards. Plus, in five games White chalked up five TDs and averaged 112.8 yards.
One thing is for sure about tonight's game which is that it will be exhilarating no matter what the outcome.
