{"id":35601,"date":"2014-10-01T20:30:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35601"},"modified":"2014-10-01T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T20:31:32","slug":"nfl-week-5-predictions-tampa-bay-buccaneers-vs-new-orleans-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-5-predictions-tampa-bay-buccaneers-vs-new-orleans-saints-35601\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5 Predictions: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints
\nSunday, 10\/5\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -11
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The New Orleans Saints have dominated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in recent years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tampa Bay broke a season-opening three-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 27-24 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers as 7.5-point road underdogs Sunday, but it still lost the statistical battle for a fourth consecutive affair.\u00a0 The Buccaneers have lost their last five meetings against the Saints, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL predictions, as those setbacks have come by an average of 17.2 points.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that none of those defeats have come during the Lovie Smith era on the sidelines.\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 2-4 SUATS in October the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers are hoping to receive another major performance from Mike Glennon, who threw for a career-high 302 yards with two touchdowns last week, which is important to consider when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Tampa Bay will need to elevate is play in the secondary in hopes of putting together a win streak, as enters this NFC South affair allowing 272.5 passing yards per game.<\/p>\n

New Orleans has really stumbled out of the gate with a 1-3 SUATS record, as it suffered a humiliating 38-17 defeat to the Dallas Cowboys as three-point road favorites on NBC\u2019s Sunday Night Football in Week 4.\u00a0 Saints quarterback Drew Brees has put together a 113.3 passer rating during the franchise\u2019s winning streak in this rivalry\u2014throwing for an average of 329.9 yards and 15 touchdowns.\u00a0 New Orleans is 8-5 SU and 6-7 ATS versus division members the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 7-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Saints have won their last three home games in this series by a combined 83-17 score, which isn\u2019t very surprising since they\u2019ve gone 14-7 SU and 12-9 ATS in domes since 2012.\u00a0 New Orleans has captured its last nine games at the Superdome\u2014winning those affairs by an astounding 17.6 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Saints due to the home team covering the number in five of the last six games in this series.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints Sunday, 10\/5\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -11 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tampa Bay broke a season-opening three-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 27-24 win over the Pittsburgh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1034,5460,427,31,458],"class_list":["post-35601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-drew-brees","tag-mike-glennon","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35601","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=35601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35602,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35601\/revisions\/35602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}