Thursday Night Football is here — are you excited?! I’m not. But that won’t stop me from making a game pick — which will be followed by a full slate of picks for Sunday and Monday — for old time’s sake. Baseball is over except for the MVP drama tonight, so my spidey sense needs to stay sharp. Without further ado:
New Orleans at Carolina (-3.5)
Another game that no one really wants, but football junkies really need. It’s the Saints (4-5) and Panthers (3-6), combined winners of five of the last seven NFC South titles. But this year is different for both scuffling teams. Worse yet, both clubs are coming off of demoralizing losses. Carolina squandered a 17-point lead at home to Kansas City, while the Saints not only blew a fourth-quarter lead to Denver, they lost in the most shocking fashion imaginable, when a potential go-ahead extra point was turned into a two-point, game-winning runback by the Broncos. Nothing has come easy for the Panthers this year, who are one of just three teams entering Week 11 that has yet to win a division game. Here’s predicting that for this one night, the defending NFC champions find just enough of their 2015 form to get by. The pick: Panthers.
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