New Orleans Saints versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pick Prediction NFL Pro Football Odds Preview 12-16-2012
- 11 years ago
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will travel in NFC North divisional play as they face the New Orleans Saints in a week fifteen NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time from New Orleans is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The betting odds opened up in this NFL game with the home team New Orleans Saints favored by -3 ½ points with an over under line of 53 ½ points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the side of the road underdog Bucs as the Saints are now favored by -3 points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current line of 54 points.
This is the second and final regular season meeting between Tampa Bay and New Orleans. On October 21st it was the Saints with the 35-28 road win at the Bucs as a -1 point betting favorite. The total landed over 49 ½ points. After falling behind 21-7 the Saints scored the next 28 points and held on a late Tampa Bay rally to pull out the win. NFL Trend: New Orleans Saints are 0-3 ATS in their past three games.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers enters play with a record of 6-7 on the season. They trail both the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks for the final playoff spot by two games with three games left to be played. Tampa Bay has gone bad at the wrong time as the club has now lost three straight games. Two of the losses have come by two points or less. They come off the 23-21 home defeat last week to the Philadelphia Eagles as a -8 point favorite. The total landed under 47 ½ points. The Buccaneers allowed a downtrodden Eagles team behind a rookie quarterback rally for a fourth quarter rally to overcome an eleven point deficit in the final four minutes of the game. The Eagles get a one yard touchdown pass as time expired for the win. The issue for Tampa Bay has been the play of their defense. The team is the best rush defense in the league but allow teams to throw for 311 yards per game ranking 32nd and last in all of football.
The New Orleans Saints enters play with a record of 5-8 on the season. They trail both Seattle and Chicago for the final playoff spot. One win by Chicago and Seattle or a single loss by the Saints in the final three games and New Orleans is eliminated from the playoffs. After drawing to a .500 record at 5-5 on the season the Saints has lost three straight games. The schedule was tough with losses to the 49ers, Falcons and last week the team drops a 52-27 road decision to the New York Giants as a +4 point underdog. The Saints defense allowed the Giants to move the football for 394 yards and convert for touchdowns in four of five red zone attempts. Quarterback Drew Brees threw for another two interceptions and that’s now nine picks thrown by Saints signal caller in his past three games. New Orleans has the worst defense in football allowing 436 yards per game. Teams put up 29 points a game against them. They can’t stop the run or pass ranking at or near the bottom in those categories.
The betting odds opened up in this NFL game with the home team New Orleans Saints favored by -3 ½ points with an over under line of 53 ½ points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the side of the road underdog Bucs as the Saints are now favored by -3 points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current line of 54 points.
This is the second and final regular season meeting between Tampa Bay and New Orleans. On October 21st it was the Saints with the 35-28 road win at the Bucs as a -1 point betting favorite. The total landed over 49 ½ points. After falling behind 21-7 the Saints scored the next 28 points and held on a late Tampa Bay rally to pull out the win. NFL Trend: New Orleans Saints are 0-3 ATS in their past three games.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers enters play with a record of 6-7 on the season. They trail both the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks for the final playoff spot by two games with three games left to be played. Tampa Bay has gone bad at the wrong time as the club has now lost three straight games. Two of the losses have come by two points or less. They come off the 23-21 home defeat last week to the Philadelphia Eagles as a -8 point favorite. The total landed under 47 ½ points. The Buccaneers allowed a downtrodden Eagles team behind a rookie quarterback rally for a fourth quarter rally to overcome an eleven point deficit in the final four minutes of the game. The Eagles get a one yard touchdown pass as time expired for the win. The issue for Tampa Bay has been the play of their defense. The team is the best rush defense in the league but allow teams to throw for 311 yards per game ranking 32nd and last in all of football.
The New Orleans Saints enters play with a record of 5-8 on the season. They trail both Seattle and Chicago for the final playoff spot. One win by Chicago and Seattle or a single loss by the Saints in the final three games and New Orleans is eliminated from the playoffs. After drawing to a .500 record at 5-5 on the season the Saints has lost three straight games. The schedule was tough with losses to the 49ers, Falcons and last week the team drops a 52-27 road decision to the New York Giants as a +4 point underdog. The Saints defense allowed the Giants to move the football for 394 yards and convert for touchdowns in four of five red zone attempts. Quarterback Drew Brees threw for another two interceptions and that’s now nine picks thrown by Saints signal caller in his past three games. New Orleans has the worst defense in football allowing 436 yards per game. Teams put up 29 points a game against them. They can’t stop the run or pass ranking at or near the bottom in those categories.