The Detroit Lions fell to 3-2 on the season as they took a 27-24 home loss to Carolina last week. I like the Lions to bounce back to at the very least cover the spread and threaten to win outright here at New Orleans Sunday afternoon.

The Saints are coming off back-to-back victories and shut out the Dolphins in a 20-0 victory at Miami two weeks ago We can however note that New Orleans is 1-4 ATS in its last five games following a straight up win of more than 14 points, so let down spots definitely is an issue for this side. Note that New Orleans ranks 29th in the league in total defense and that while Detroit has lost twice in the last three weeks to Atlanta and Carolina (two elite teams), it's been by a combined seven points.

The Lions have defeated the Saints in each of the last three seasons: 24-23 in 2014 in Detroit, 35-27 in 2015 and 28-13 and 2016 here in the Superdome.

My selection is an 8* play on Detroit Lions.