New Orleans at Seattle Seahawks Week 7 Odds & Pick ATS

<p>The New Orleans Saints come to Lumen Field for a Monday Night Football showdown with the Seattle Seahawks. At 3-2 and coming off the bye, the Saints look to get back in the NFC South race with a win this week. And in their favor is the fact they will be facing a diminished Seattle team without Russell Wilson that has dropped two straight, including a 23-20 OT loss on Sunday Night Football to the Steelers. The Saints were able to beat Washington, 33-22, before the bye. Who can notch the cover in Seattle on MNF?</p>
<h2>Too Much to Overcome for Seattle?</h2>
<p>Even with Wilson, there were issues-galore on this team. However, Wilson could always give the team a chance on offense, connecting with two great receivers in DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, with a good run-game to help boost their production. But Wilson is gone. Chris Carson is gone. Now his backup Alex Collins is questionable. And nothing against experienced Geno Smith. He can play. But it's a falloff of major proportions going from Wilson to Smith. Against a troubled Pittsburgh squad last week, they could kind of keep it together. Against the more-together teams they face like the Saints, it could be a problem. Wilson started so many consecutive games that one could forget what it was like without him. And what we saw last week shows that he's even more important that one may have thought.</p>
<h2>A More Volatile Saints Team</h2>
<p>Giving Seattle some optimism is the fact that the Saints have been all over the place. Before beating Washington leading up to the bye-week, they lost at home in overtime to the Giants. After smashing the Packers in week one, they were slaughtered by the Panthers. They've done a good job reeling in Jameis Winston, who has 12 TD throws and just three picks, They sprinkle in some Taysom Hill, let Alvin Kamara do his thing while leaning on a defense that has one of the best front-sevens in the conference.</p>
<p>Still, having Winston back there offers some hope to a Seahawks defense that they otherwise wouldn’t have had. Kamara has become a more-standard type back in this offense, a much smaller part of the aerial offense. That New Orleans secondary also offers some hope, even for Smith as he tries to make better use of their receiving crew. But behind that line, Smith will be facing a lot of heat up front. And now deep in the barrel of running backs, there's a chance their offense might be one-dimensional or, if Smith falls flat, non-dimensional.</p>
<h2>Hope for Seattle</h2>
<p>Offensively, it hasn’t been easy for the Saints to forge a new identity in the post-Brees era. You have a guy in Winston who is a flawed quarterback. In limiting Winston’s aerial exposure, they’ve managed to reduce miscues and the kind of undermining play he was previously known for in Tampa. But with the 31st-ranked passing offense, they've also stripped Winston of his playmaking ability. Kamara being put in a less-dynamic role has also made this Saints' offense a bit flat in spots, ranked 28th in total yards, despite being a respectable 10th in points scored.</p>
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<h2>X-Factors</h2>
<p>Have the Saints been made to look better than they are following a fluky week one, a hammering at the hands of the Panthers, then a run of games against teams with a combined 5-13 record? Is being the only team to lose to the Giants this season a few weeks back show what depths they're capable of hitting? Or will the fact that the Saints had an extra week to work on things while Seattle is putting out personnel fires left and right set up better for New Orleans?</p>