Saints vs Chargers – Week 8 2024
NO
LAC
NO
AWAY
8@26
LAC BY 18
FINAL · WEEK 8
2024 SEASON
SoFi Stadium · Inglewood, CA
LAC
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THE SHORT ANSWER
Final: New Orleans Saints 8, Los Angeles Chargers 26.
Going in, our model had favored Los Angeles Chargers at 59% win probability, and the pick won.
Out or doubtful: 3 Saints, 2 Chargers.
Model confidence: LAC 59%Our line: LAC -3.0
ODDS
SPREAD
LAC -7.0
MARKET SPREAD · MARKET AVG
LAC -3.0
OUR LINE
COVERED
VS SPREAD
MONEYLINE
LAC · OUR WIN PROBABILITY
59%
TEAM COMPARISON2024 SEASON · EFFICIENCY, SCORING, TENDENCIES · RANK IN PARENTHESES · FULL-SEASON NUMBERS, NOT AS OF WEEK 8
-0.101Net EPA / play+0.100
-0.057 (25)Offense EPA / play+0.039 (12)
+0.044 (24)Defense EPA / play-0.061 (7)
40.6% (23)Offense success %42.0% (20)
GAME NARRATIVE
LAC C-tier pick hits. Model was directionally correct.
CORRECT
Model correctly picked LAC. Projected margin: 3.0. Actual: 18. Off by 15.0 points but directionally right.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 8 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
COVERED
This pick covered the spread by 11.0 points.
Another data point for the model. C-tier picks continue to track.
SITUATIONAL TRENDS
Historical splits, shown for context only. We tested them: picking the situations that beat break-even in training goes 770–760 (50.3%) out of sample, so they are not a betting signal and are not coloured like one.
NO
divisional 4-2 ATS (67%)Divisional 4-2 ATS (67%)
LAC
divisional 6-0 ATS (100%)road_favorite 6-1 ATS (86%)Divisional 6-0 ATS (100%)Road Favorite 6-1 ATS (86%)
GAME WEATHER
VENUE
DOME
CLIMATE CONTROLLED
IN-GAME WIN PROBABILITY
TOP FANTASY SCORERS2024 SEASON
DEEP MATCHUP DATA2024 PRODUCTION BY UNIT
INJURY REPORTWEEK 8
WHAT PRO ADDS
Every stat on this page is free, and so is the model's pick for this game. Pro is the separate question of which games we would actually bet, and at what stake, plus player props, unit sizing, and the full profit-and-loss ledger.
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Our pick and its win probability, or the final score once the game is played.
COMMON QUESTIONSNO vs LAC
Our model takes Los Angeles Chargers at 59% win probability, a Tier C pick. The margin models project LAC by 3.0. The market has LAC at -7.0.
Los Angeles Chargers won, NO 8, LAC 26. Our model had favored Los Angeles Chargers at 59% win probability, and the pick won.
The market has Los Angeles Chargers at -7.0, meaning the book expects Los Angeles Chargers to win by 7.0 points.
In Week 8, the New Orleans Saints were without 3 players (Out or Doubtful) and the Los Angeles Chargers were without 2 players (Out or Doubtful).
Sportsbooks have this game at 41.5 combined points. NoPunt's model projects 44.5, 3.0 above the market.
Week 8 of the 2024 season, SUN 4:05 PM.
New Orleans Saints, LAC 27, NO 30 in Week 5 of 2020.
By net EPA per play over the 2024 season, Los Angeles Chargers: NO -0.101 against LAC +0.100.
