#253 ASA PLAY 8* ON New Orleans Saints -3 over Detroit Lions – Sunday at 1 PM ET - Let’s look inside the numbers here and break down this game from the inside and see what we find. Detroit is coming off a respectable win in Arizona, while the Saints are off back-to-back losses to the Raiders and Packers. Against Green Bay last week, the Saints were favored by -3.5-points and lost by a TD. The Saints had more rushing and passing yards in the game, but Green Bay and Aaron Rodgers were too much in the 4th quarter. The week before that, the Saints lost to a highly motivated Raiders team in their home opener. New Orleans was one of the favorites to come out of the NFC this year and are in a desperate 1-2 right now with a negative differential of -2PPG. The Lions are also 1-2 and their win last week was somewhat misleading as the Cardinals had more first downs, more rushing and passing yards but QB Murray threw three INT’s which swung the momentum in Detroit’s favor. The Lions two losses came to a slightly overrated Bears team and a blowout loss to Green Bay. The Saints played close to Green Bay yet the Packers beat them handily with +7 first downs, +170 rushing yards and plus nearly 9 full minutes of time of possession. Detroit, like New Orleans is also 1-2 but their differential is minus -7.9PPG which is 26th worst in the NFL. There is not home field advantage here and the Lions are 5-12 SU their last seventeen at home with an average loss margin of minus -6.3PPG. The Saints on the other hand are 14-3 SU their last seventeen away with a margin of victory of +8.6PPG. This is a great opportunity to play on a good team off a loss and a bad team off an upset win.