{"id":17167,"date":"2011-08-17T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T03:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17167"},"modified":"2011-08-17T18:23:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T23:23:38","slug":"new-england-patriots-at-tampa-bay-buccaneers-pro-football-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-england-patriots-at-tampa-bay-buccaneers-pro-football-betting-17167\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Football Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/strong>
\n Thursday, 8\/18\/11, 7:30 PM EST<\/strong>
\n Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -3<\/strong>
\n Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -2.5<\/strong>
\n Opening Total:\u00a0 37.5<\/strong>
\n Current Total:\u00a0 36.5<\/strong>
\n Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New England Patriots are coming in off an impressive 47-12 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New England started the 2011 preseason with an impressive 47-12 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars as 3-point home favorites.\u00a0 The 47 points were the most points the Patriots have ever scored in a preseason contest.\u00a0 With such a number on the scoreboard, it\u2019s even more impressive that it was posted without the services of MVP quarterback Tom Brady, who will likely see his first action of the season tonight.\u00a0 Backup Brian Hoyer started and was relieved by rookie Ryan Mallett, as the two combined for 335 yards passing.\u00a0 New England now travels on the road and is 20-21 ATS as a preseason underdog away from home.<\/p>\n

The Patriots are 1-7 all-time against the Buccaneers in preseason action, but are still a solid 40-31 during exhibition games since owner Robert Kraft took over the team in 1994.\u00a0 Brady is anxious to get on the field and work with his wide receivers, especially new addition Chad Ochocinco.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s doing as good as you could hope,\u201d Brady commented on Ochocinco\u2019s grasp of the offense during camp.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s like an entirely new language.\u00a0 What he was doing in Cincinnati is very different that the way we do it here.\u201d\u00a0 New England will be on the road for two consecutive weeks before finishing off the exhibition year at home against the New York Giants.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay is favored over New England this week and is coming off a 25-0 blowout victory over Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium as 2.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Buccaneers dominated the Chiefs, out-gaining them by 216 yards in the contest.\u00a0 All the talk around camp this week surrounded the defense, a unit that limited the Chiefs to just 137 total yards.\u00a0 Head coach Raheem Morris\u2019 team has certainly caught the eye of many around the league, especially when finding that the roster has 74 players that are 25 years old or younger.\u00a0 Tampa Bay was a 20-15 winner over Kansas City in its preseason home opener a year ago as 2-point favorites.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers are led offensively by quarterback Josh Freeman, who threw for 3,451 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2010.\u00a0 He completed 9-of-13 passes for 73 yards in the preseason opener.\u00a0 Tampa Bay focused on its defense during the NFL draft, using its first and second round picks on defensive ends Adrian Claybord and Da\u2019Quan Bowers out of Iowa and Clemson respectively.\u00a0 Getting pressure on opposing quarterbacks has been a point of emphasis during camp, as the squad ranked next-to-last in the NFL with just 26 sacks a year ago.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Patriots due to their 3-0 ATS mark as an underdog the last three years, while the Buccaneers are 1-3 ATS at home over the last two preseasons.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a huge opportunity and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you.\u00a0 Get a long term package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Thursday, 8\/18\/11, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Tampa Bay -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 37.5 Current Total:\u00a0 36.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New England started the 2011 preseason with an impressive 47-12 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars as 3-point home favorites.\u00a0 The 47 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5317,759,125,1129,458,398],"class_list":["post-17167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chad-ochocinco","tag-josh-freeman","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-raheem-morris","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17168,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17167\/revisions\/17168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}