Saints @ Panthers Game Day Thread

SmashMouth · 09-18-2023, 10:45 AM

The Saints are 3-point favorites for the Week 2 game, and the all-time regular-season series is tied at 28 dating back to the first meeting in 1995.

The New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers will meet up in an NFC South matchup that is both the first division game for the Saints and the home opener for Bryce Young and the Panthers.

While New Orleans is a regular on Monday night, Carolina hasn’t played on MNF since 2018, when they faced these same Saints and lost 12-9 in Week 15. In fact, that’s the only time the Panthers have played on Monday since they lost to Tampa Bay in Week 5 of 2016.

So what’s up for this matchup? Let’s go through the trends, series history, referees assigned to the game, weather forecast, lines and odds to find out. We’ll also give you other info you might be interested in such as uniforms and the starting quarterbacks numbers against their opponent.

TIME/TV: Monday at 6:15 p.m. at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. The game will be broadcast on ESPN with an announcing team of Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick. The WWL radio team is Mike Hoss and Deuce McAllister.

LINE TREND: The line at Caesars Sportsbook has remained mostly steady throughout the week. Although it briefly opened at Saints -3.5, it quickly moved to -3 and still was there late Sunday. The money line for New Orleans is -160 and is +135 for Carolina. The over/under total is 39.5. What did I pick in this one? Check out my NFL Week 2 picks column to find out.

WEATHER FORECAST: Nearly perfect. It should be around 79 degrees at game time and drop to about 70 before the night is over. It is expected to be clear with little to no wind in Charlotte.

UNIFORMS: The Saints will be wearing all black, including their home black jerseys with gold numbers and solid black pants. They will don their traditional gold helmets with the fleur-de-lis and wear black socks.

Conversely, the Panthers will wear all white, including jerseys with black numbers outlined in “Carolina blue” and white pants and white socks. They will wear their standard silver helmets with the trademarked panther in the middle on both sides.

REFEREE: Scott Novak is the lead official and has been in that role since 2019. New Orleans is 2-2 all time when he officiates their games, while Carolina is 1-1.

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,900 Blog Entries: 29	Saints @ Panthers Game Day Thread The Saints are 3-point favorites for the Week 2 game, and the all-time regular-season series is tied at 28 dating back to the first meeting in 1995. The New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers will meet up in an NFC South matchup that is both the first division game for the Saints and the home opener for Bryce Young and the Panthers. While New Orleans is a regular on Monday night, Carolina hasn’t played on MNF since 2018, when they faced these same Saints and lost 12-9 in Week 15. In fact, that’s the only time the Panthers have played on Monday since they lost to Tampa Bay in Week 5 of 2016. So what’s up for this matchup? Let’s go through the trends, series history, referees assigned to the game, weather forecast, lines and odds to find out. We’ll also give you other info you might be interested in such as uniforms and the starting quarterbacks numbers against their opponent. TIME/TV: Monday at 6:15 p.m. at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. The game will be broadcast on ESPN with an announcing team of Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick. The WWL radio team is Mike Hoss and Deuce McAllister. LINE TREND: The line at Caesars Sportsbook has remained mostly steady throughout the week. Although it briefly opened at Saints -3.5, it quickly moved to -3 and still was there late Sunday. The money line for New Orleans is -160 and is +135 for Carolina. The over/under total is 39.5. What did I pick in this one? Check out my NFL Week 2 picks column to find out. WEATHER FORECAST: Nearly perfect. It should be around 79 degrees at game time and drop to about 70 before the night is over. It is expected to be clear with little to no wind in Charlotte. UNIFORMS: The Saints will be wearing all black, including their home black jerseys with gold numbers and solid black pants. They will don their traditional gold helmets with the fleur-de-lis and wear black socks. Conversely, the Panthers will wear all white, including jerseys with black numbers outlined in “Carolina blue” and white pants and white socks. They will wear their standard silver helmets with the trademarked panther in the middle on both sides. REFEREE: Scott Novak is the lead official and has been in that role since 2019. New Orleans is 2-2 all time when he officiates their games, while Carolina is 1-1. Twitter Twitter Join in LIVE CHAT or this Live Gameday Thread... Attached Thumbnails iceshack149 likes this.