It is Wednesday, which means it is time for
me to give you my upset picks of the week
starting in the National Football League last week. I
gave you the Browns to take down the Steelers.
That did not win. The Browns' offense could not
move the ball downfield. I don't think they scored
a touchdown. So let's see if we can bounce
back with an upset winner this week. I'm gonna
take the New Orleans Saints at+205 to defeat the
Chicago Bears. I know heading into the season,
a lot of people thought the Saints were gonna be
the worst team. In the NFL. They're not
good. They're not even really average, but I
do think they're a little bit better than their preseason
expectations and a little bit better than the betting market
is giving them credit for. Spencer Rattler, I'll
say this, he's showing some flashes of competence at
quarterback through the first few weeks. He has not
played well enough, uh, to drag the Saints
to some wins that maybe they don't deserve, but
he, he's not the reason they're losing these games
, uh, either. So, I kind of
like Spencer Rattler. Uh, he's been fighting.
Uh, throughout these games, and I also like
the Saints run defense as well, which is gonna
be key for this game against the Bears. The
Saints have allowed just 3.8 yards per carry on defense
. That is one of the best marks, uh
, in the NFL. Now their secondary has not
been good, but they have been able to stop
the run, which will be big against the Bears
team. A Bears team that I'm out on.
I don't like this Bears team. 30th in the
NFL and net yards per play,-1, 21st
in DVOA, 23rd in offensive success rate, 28th
in opponent success rate. Their defense has not been
good. Their offense, while they've done enough to
win the past couple of, uh, games by
a single point. Uh, this is not a
team that I trust moving forward. Uh, I'm
not sold on Caleb Williams being the guy just quite
yet. Uh, and I think the betting market
and just the general public are overvaluing this Bears team
after just two wins against some not so great teams
. The last 3 weeks win by week win,
uh, those wins against the Raiders and the Commanders
. Commanders kind of fumbled, uh, uh,
that game away at the end. Uh, let's
pump the brakes on the Chicago Bears team. Uh
, right now. They're not a playoff team.
They're still, in my opinion, a bottom half
team in the NFL. So in a game between
two bad teams, give me the underdog to win
at+205, I will take the New Orleans Saints
to upset the Chicago Bears. This is Making moves
of Mac presented by FanDuel.