{"id":25602,"date":"2012-10-20T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25602"},"modified":"2012-10-20T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T15:32:29","slug":"new-orleans-saints-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers-nfl-week-7-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-orleans-saints-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers-nfl-week-7-picks-against-the-spread-25602\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: NFL Week 7 Picks Against the Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
\nSunday, 10\/21\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New Orleans Saints are 4-8 ATS as a road favorite of seven or less points since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans will seek its second straight victory when traveling to Tampa Bay and playing inside Raymond James Stadium, as the team comes off a week six bye after capturing a 31-24 victory over the San Diego Chargers as 3.5-point home favorites on Oct. 7.\u00a0 The Saints were led by quarterback Drew Brees in that affair, completing 29-of-45 passes for 370 yards, while also throwing for a season-high four touchdowns.\u00a0 New Orleans is 4-8 ATS as a road favorite of seven or less points the last two-plus years, with the OVER going 8-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Saints are 23-17 all-time against the Buccaneers, but the two teams have split the season series each year since the 2008 campaign.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re still very confident,\u201d stated Saints safety Roman Harper.\u00a0 New Orleans is allowing 456.0 yards per game, which ranks last in the National Football League, as it continues to miss suspended linebacker Jonathan Vilma.\u00a0 The team\u2019s defense has struggled to slow down Sunday\u2019s opposing quarterback, as Josh Freeman has totaled 1,058 yards and six touchdowns with zero interceptions in four games in the series.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay definitely used its bye week to gain an advantage against the Kansas City Chiefs, picking up a 38-10 win as five-point home favorites, as it earned a 203-yard statistical advantage in the process.\u00a0 Freeman threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns, with wide receivers Mike Williams and Vincent Jackson combining for eight catches for 179 yards.\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 1-4 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less since 2010, with the OVER going 4-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers have really struggled on defense this year, which is a bit surprising due to first-year head coach Greg Schiano\u2019s background, as they\u2019ve surrendered 312.2 yards per game through the air.\u00a0 Tampa Bay will need to focus on stopping New Orleans wide receiver Marques Colston, who finished with nine catches for 131 yards last week, while tying a career-high with three scoring receptions.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Saints due to their 8-1 ATS mark following a straight-up win, while the home team is 5-13 ATS in the last 18 meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, 10\/21\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 49.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Orleans will seek its second straight victory when traveling to Tampa Bay and playing inside Raymond James Stadium, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1034,759,427,3680,458],"class_list":["post-25602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-drew-brees","tag-josh-freeman","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-raymond-james-stadium","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602","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=25602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25604,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602\/revisions\/25604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}