{"id":25016,"date":"2012-09-15T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25016"},"modified":"2012-09-15T11:38:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T16:38:26","slug":"nfl-week-2-predictions-tampa-bay-buccaneers-vs-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-2-predictions-tampa-bay-buccaneers-vs-new-york-giants-25016\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 2 Predictions: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants
\nSunday, 9\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Giants QB Eli Manning needs to take some shots down field to loosen up the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tampa Bay earned a 16-10 season-opening victory over the Carolina Panthers as three-point home underdogs last week, as rookie running back Doug Martin was the focal point offensively, gaining 95 yards on the ground and catching four passes.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a lot of touch yardage,\u201d commented Martin after the game.\u00a0 The Buccaneers will be meeting the Giants for the 18th time, posting a 6-11 mark in the first 17 contests.\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 0-4 ATS in its last four road games, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 7-3 when playing in Week 2.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers coaching staff will have a homecoming of sorts when playing inside MetLife Stadium, as head coach Greg Schiano grew up in New Jersey, while also turned around the Rutgers football program.\u00a0 Tampa Bay\u2019s offensive coordinator spent eight years with the Giants, while the defensive coordinator has experience working for the defending Super Bowl champions as well.\u00a0 Quarterback Josh Freeman will need to build off last week\u2019s mediocre performance, as he hit four of his 10 passes to close the game versus the Panthers.<\/p>\n

New York suffered a 24-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys during a mid-week contest to open up the 2012 NFL season last Wednesday, as the squad was completely dominated in the trenches.\u00a0 \u201cI haven\u2019t slept well,\u201d commented Giants defensive linemen Justin Tuck.\u00a0 The Giants can\u2019t afford to lose their first two games, especially with the rest of the NFC East division starting off 1-0.\u00a0 The defense will need to create a couple turnovers, as it forced seven of them in the final three games of last year\u2019s playoff run.\u00a0 New York is 9-3 ATS in Week 2, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 7-0 in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

The Giants need to create pressure on Freeman, as Tuck, Jason Pierre-Paul and Osi Umenyiora failed to register a sack against the Cowboys.\u00a0 New York needs to take some shots down field to potentially open up the running game, throwing deep on just 6 of 32 passing attempts in the opener.\u00a0 Quarterback Eli Manning will need to make quick decisions in facing a defense that sacked Carolina\u2019s Cam Newton three times.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Giants due to their 4-0-1 ATS mark in the series, while the Buccaneers are 1-4 ATS following a spread win.<\/p>\n

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants Sunday, 9\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tampa Bay earned a 16-10 season-opening victory over the Carolina Panthers as three-point home underdogs last week, as rookie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":6377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[7006,598,759,5519,401,458],"class_list":["post-25016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-doug-martin","tag-eli-manning","tag-josh-freeman","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-new-york-giants","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25016","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=25016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25017,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25016\/revisions\/25017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}