The New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers will collide in the second week of the 2023 NFL preseason on Sunday. Both teams secured wins in their preseason openers. The Saints topped the Chiefs 26-24, while Los Angeles knocked off the Rams 34-17. Kickoff is set for 7:05 p.m. ET. New Orleans is a 3-point favorite in the latest Saints vs. Chargers odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 38.

Before you make any Saints vs. Chargers picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NFL expert Larry Hartstein is on. 

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed working for Pro Football Focus. Larry tied for 52nd place (out of 1,598 entries) in the 2022 Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest, going 53-34-3 ATS. Those selections formed the basis of his SportsLine NFL best bets article, which finished 36-25-1.

In addition, Hartstein has gone 44-29 on his last 73 picks involving the Saints, returning $1,134. Anybody who has been following him is WAY UP.

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident pick against-the-spread pick for Saints vs. Chargers. We can tell you he's leaning Over the total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

Who wins Saints vs. Chargers on Sunday? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread hit HARD? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Saints vs. Chargers spread to back, all from the expert who is 44-29 on New Orleans picks!