This is a rematch of a game the Saints won comfortably on Monday Night Football a few weeks back, but the Panthers are - wait for it - A DIFFERENT ANIMAL at home. Also, the Saints are officially awful on the road after a loss to St Louis, which is pretty much the benchmark for being declared useless away from home. The NFC South is up for grabs in this one...
New Orleans @ Carolina (1pm)
**Matchup Difficulty: 66.5% **(the higher the score, the better the experts' success rate when picking these two teams. An 'average' matchup would be 62%)
Consensus: ** Carolina 81%**
Top 5 Overall: **Carolina 100**%
**
Best Pick Index:**
**
Only one of the top experts - ESPN's Tom Jackson - picks the Saints, but it is possibly worth bearing in mind that he is one of the more mediocre performers in the overall standings. Anyone with a 100% home record picking the Panthers deserves careful consideration, so the best pick index goes with Carolina...**
New Orleans
Carolina
Rank
Expert
Affiliation
Road %
Home %
Overall
Pick
1
Chris Hansen
Bleacher Report
71.43%
100.00%
85.7%
CAR
2
Ty Schalter
Bleacher Report
71.43%
100.00%
85.7%
CAR
3
Andrea Hangst
Bleacher Report
57.14%
100.00%
78.6%
CAR
4
Tom Jackson
ESPN
57.14%
100.00%
78.6%
CAR
5
Whatifsports
FOX
71.43%
85.71%
78.6%
NOS
6
Henry Hodgson
NFL
57.14%
100.00%
78.6%
CAR
7
Marc Sessler
NFL
57.14%
100.00%
78.6%
CAR
8
Don Banks
Sports Illustrated
71.43%
85.71%
78.6%
CAR
9
Adam Rank
NFL
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
CAR
10
Prediction Machine
CBS
71.43%
71.43%
71.4%
CAR
11
Michael Fabiano
NFL
71.43%
71.43%
71.4%
CAR
12
Rich Eisen
NFL
71.43%
71.43%
71.4%
CAR
13
Simon Samano
USA Today
71.43%
71.43%
71.4%
NOS
14
Knox Bardeen
Bleacher Report
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
NOS
15
Jason La Canfora
CBS
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
16
John Breech
CBS
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
NOS
17
Will Brinson
CBS
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
18
Keyshawn Johnson
ESPN
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
19
Mike Golic
ESPN
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
20
John Halpin
FOX
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
21
Warren Sapp
NFL
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
22
Michael David Smith
PFT
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
23
Khaled Elsayed
ProFootballFocus
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
24
Vinnie Iyer
Sporting News
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
25
Tom Pelissero
USA Today
57.14%
85.71%
71.4%
CAR
26
Matt Smith
NFL
50.00%
80.00%
65.0%
No Pick
27
Mike Freeman
Bleacher Report
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
NOS
28
Zach Kruse
Bleacher Report
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
29
Dave Richard
CBS
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
30
Jamey Eisenberg
CBS
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
31
Ryan Wilson
CBS
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
32
Cris Carter
ESPN
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
33
Merill Hoge
ESPN
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
34
Pick ‘em
ESPN
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
35
Adam Meyer
FOX
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
36
Ryan Fowler
FOX
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
No Pick
37
Chris Brockman
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
38
Chris Wesseling
NFL
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
39
Dave Damashek
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
40
Elliot Harrison
NFL
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
41
Gregg Rosenthal
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
42
Heath Evans
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
NOS
43
Kevin Patra
NFL
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
44
Kurt Warner
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
NOS
45
Marshall Faulk
NFL
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
NOS
46
NFL FAN PICKS
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
NOS
47
Shaun O'Hara
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
NOS
48
Steve Mariucci
NFL
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
49
Pickwatch
Pickwatch
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
50
Gordon McGuinness
ProFootballFocus
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
51
Neil Hornsby
ProFootballFocus
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
52
Rick Drummond
ProFootballFocus
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
53
Steve Palazzolo
ProFootballFocus
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
54
Frank Schwab
Yahoo
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
55
Yahoo Users
Yahoo
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
56
Black Tie
NFL
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
57
Jim Corbett
USA Today
42.86%
85.71%
64.3%
CAR
58
Nate Davis
USA Today
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
59
Lindsay H. Jones
USA Today
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
CAR
60
Accuscore
Accuscore
57.14%
71.43%
64.3%
NOS
61
Steve Wyche
NFL
50.00%
71.43%
60.7%
NOS
62
Brian Baldinger
NFL
40.00%
80.00%
60.0%
CAR
63
Erik Frenz
Bleacher Report
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
64
Michael Schottey
Bleacher Report
57.14%
57.14%
57.1%
CAR
65
Tyson Langland
Bleacher Report
57.14%
57.14%
57.1%
NOS
66
Josh Katzowitz
CBS
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
67
Pete Prisco
CBS
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
68
Adam Schefter
ESPN
57.14%
57.14%
57.1%
CAR
69
Chris Mortensen
ESPN
57.14%
57.14%
57.1%
CAR
70
Eric Allen
ESPN
57.14%
57.14%
57.1%
NOS
71
K.C. Joyner
ESPN
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
NOS
72
Mark Schlereth
ESPN
57.14%
57.14%
57.1%
CAR
73
Mike Ditka
ESPN
28.57%
85.71%
57.1%
CAR
74
Ron Jaworski
ESPN
28.57%
85.71%
57.1%
CAR
75
Chris Law
NFL
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
76
Dan Hanzus
NFL
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
NOS
77
Melissa Stark
NFL
28.57%
85.71%
57.1%
CAR
78
Michael Silver
NFL
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
79
Ben Stockwell
ProFootballFocus
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
80
Nathan Jahnke
ProFootballFocus
28.57%
85.71%
57.1%
CAR
81
Sam Monson
ProFootballFocus
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
82
Jarrett Bell
USA Today
42.86%
71.43%
57.1%
CAR
83
Pete O'Brien
USA Today
28.57%
85.71%
57.1%
CAR
84
Matt Bowen
Bleacher Report
28.57%
71.43%
50.0%
CAR
85
Matt Miller
Bleacher Report
57.14%
42.86%
50.0%
CAR
86
Seth Wickersham
ESPN
42.86%
57.14%
50.0%
CAR
87
Joel Beall
FOX
42.86%
57.14%
50.0%
NOS
88
Michael Irvin
NFL
42.86%
57.14%
50.0%
CAR
89
Sterling Sharpe
NFL
42.86%
57.14%
50.0%
CAR
90
Mike Florio
PFT
42.86%
57.14%
50.0%
CAR
91
Les Carpenter
Yahoo
50.00%
50.00%
50.0%
No Pick
92
Brad Gagnon
Bleacher Report
28.57%
57.14%
42.9%
CAR
93
Coin Toss
None
42.86%
42.86%
42.9%
NOS
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