The 2-2 New Orleans Saints welcome the LA Chargers led by their fascinating young QB Justin Herbert on Monday Night Football, the Chargers who have looked much better with Herbert at the helm of the offence will be without RB Austin Ekeler for the foreseeable future as he is on IR with a hamstring injury. Going into the game the Chargers have 2 big stars in WR Mike Williams and DE Joey Bosa both Questionable. Both will be huge miss if they cannot go. 2 of their 5 offensive lineman in Bryan Bulaga and Trai Turner have already been ruled out, Herbert has rushed for 18, 15 and 14 yards in his 3 games thus far and i expect to see him run for a few more tonight, his line is currently 14.5. The Saints have a lot of injuries coming into this clash as they did last week and i expect WR Keenan Allen to get a lot of targets, in the 3 games Herbert has started Allen has had 40 targets, 28 receptions, 290 yards and 1 TD. His line has been at 4.5 but has been upped to 6.5 receptions, his receiving yards line is at 80.5, it is worth noting the Saints have only allowed 1 WR over 80.5 yards all year, that was Allen Lizard for the Packers.
Meanwhile the Saints are coming off a win @ Detroit and are still without WR Michael Thomas after the team ruled him out for ‘Team Discipline’ reasons after he had an altercation with a team-mate on Saturday! The Saints have 5 players listed as questionable and have already ruled 4 out for this clash. WR Michael Thomas, CB Janoris Jenkins, DB Justin Hardee and WR/RS Deonte Harris are all out, while OL Andreas Peat, TE Jared Cook, DE Marcus Davenport, CB Marshon Lattimore and DT Sheldon Rankins….. lots of injuries to key starters. Last week, they heavily leant on veteran WR Emmanuel Sanders, he had 6 catches for 93 yards whereas Tre’Quan Smith had 4 catches for 54 yards and 2 TD’s. They rushed for over 164 yards against the Lions with Murray and Kamara dicing through the lions. The Chargers defense is ranked 13th DVOA against the run and 18th against the pass. Although I expect to see Kamara get most of the ball i also expect Latavius Murray to get some carries, he has had 15, 12 and 14 carries in 3 games this year. His current rushing line is 41.5 at most bookies which is a great line but is 1 yard less, at 40.5 @ Rezone sports bet!
My bet for this game is for Latavius Murray to have over 40.5 rushing yards @ Redzone sports bet @ 1.83 – this line has landed in 3/4 games this season and for my the game flow should suggest the Saints to go ahead and run the ball, he will get carries as the stats show and if the Saints get ahead he will get the carries.
My record to start the articles has not been great and is 2-4 but hopefully we can pull back to 3-4 here with a win. If you listened to our Podcast – Flea Flicker Betting you will know i have over 50 points in the game as well, so i’m hoping for a good one. Good Luck all!
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Article written by Jack Wilson
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