New Orleans Saints @ Dallas Cowboys Free Football Picks

New Orleans Saints @ Dallas Cowboys Free Football Picks: I know the Cowboys are the talk of the town these days, and the lines are certainly reflecting that. I mean think about this line for just a second, and you have to think it’s not favoring the Saints by nearly enough.

First and foremost, the Cowboys are still a 3-7 football team with obvious holes. The Lions didn’t have any running game to speak of, and that game was a lot closer than 35-19 says. Detroit, for example, out-gained the Cowboys, but some big “crazy” special teams and defensive plays really helped the Boys get out of Detroit with a win. The Cowboys have played well since Jason Garrett took over the head coaching gig, and that could very well continue for the rest of the season – but there’s bound to be a lull, and I wouldn’t doubt if it was this week, at home, against the Super Bowl Champs.

Dallas has to be thinking “See, we’re good.” And that’s rarely a good thing for a football team to accept. They’ll need to keep doing what they’ve been doing to keep winning, and a reality check often helps that – that’s why (besides the stupid ass Dolphins) no team has gone undefeated for an entire football season. Reality checks need to happen. The Cowboys are going to get one this week.

Drew Brees is a magician at quarterback. He plays defenses like a puppet master, and he’s playing at a consistent high level for the first time this season – and so are his Saints.

New Orleans has won 3 in a row, and while they didn’t really dominate the Seahawks like I thought they would, they still looked like the much better team. Over the last 3 weeks they’ve doubled up Pittsburgh, destroyed Carolina, and took out the Hawks by 15. They’ve played well. They’ve out-gained opponents in each of their last 7 games, and they get Reggie Bush back this week. He could open things up for everyone.

Take the Saints in Dallas, and enjoy your turkey fixings.

New Orleans Saints (-3) @ Dallas Cowboys