The host the on Sunday during Week 13 of the season in a battle of 8-3 teams. Joe Burrow T Shirts New Orleans is a five-point favorite, up 1.5 from an open of 3.5. The Over-Under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 48, up a half-point from an open of 47.5. Before you bet on a high-profile game like this featuring elite NFC South rivals, you'll want to hear what Mike Tierney has to say. Last week, Tierney told SportsLine readers to go Under 54 in the Saints' game against the . The result: 46 total points on the scoreboard -- another easy cash. Anyone who followed his advice easily cleared the Under Drew Sample Jersey by eight points. Tierney has been crushing the books for two years now, going an astonishing 44-19 on NFL Over-Under picks since the beginning of last season. And he went 4-1 last week alone. Now, Tierney has analyzed every matchup, every trend, and every angle for Panthers-Saints and locked in his Over-Under pick. Tierney knows the Over has hit in 13 of the Saints' past 19 home games, a 68 percent clip. And entering Week 13, New Orleans is fourth in points per game with 29.3. Five of the past six meetings Wyatt Ray Jersey between the Panthers and Saints have gone Over. And in their past two outings, and Co. have scored 80 points. And Newton has been getting it done with his legs. He's rushed for at least 80 yards in two of his last three games and scored twice on the ground over that span. In the previous eight games, he hit 50 yards rushing just twice.But just because the trends favor the Over doesn't mean it hits, especially in a Brandon Allen Jersey divisional game late in the season. The Week 3 matchup between these teams generated 47 points, one le s than this week's total. In that game, Newton was intercepted three times.Don't sleep on the defenses, either. Carolina and New Orleans rank in the top 12 in points allowed at 18.8 and 20.2. And whereas the Saints of old aired it out, the 2017 Saints are a run-first, grind-it-out team. has thrown for multiple touchdowns just twice in the past six games. Panthers rookie RB is questionable with a shoulder injury. He is tops among running backs in targets with 84 and second in receptions with 59.Tierney has evaluated all of these angles and he's leaning toward the Saints covering the spread, but what about the Over-Under, which he has made his name picking? He knows there's a Tyler Boyd Jersey huge x-factor that ultimately determines whether Panthers-Saints goes Over or Under. And he's sharing it over at SportsLine. So which side of the total should you back in Panthers-Saints on Sunday? .