The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-2) host the NFC South rival New Orleans Saints (5-2) at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday Night Football with an 8:20 p.m. ET kickoff. The Saints can take control of the division with their second victory of the season in the head-to-head series. Below, we give you five prop bet predictions to consider for the Saints-Buccaneers matchup from the BetMGM game menu.
Saints at Buccaneers: Prop bets to make for Sunday Night Football
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 8:46 p.m. ET.
Buccaneers TE Rob Gronkowski to score 1st touchdown (+1400)
Only two teams have allowed more touchdowns to tight ends this season than the Saints’ six. Those include one to Bucs TE O.J. Howard in Week 1, but he’s been out since Week 4 due to injury.
Gronkowski’s role has grown considerably over the last four games with Howard sidelined. He has 17 receptions for 233 yards over that span and has scored in three straight games. He can be backed at +200 to score at any time, but the extra profit for the first score is the more enticing bet.
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Saints WR Michael Thomas UNDER 62.5 receiving yards (+105)
Thomas will make his return from ankle and hamstring injuries this week. He hasn’t played since catching three of five targets for just 17 yards against these Bucs in Week 1.
He’ll need to be worked back into a Saints offense which has found ways to win without him. While it won’t be difficult to re-incorporate the reigning Offensive Player of the Year, the Buccaneers are giving up a modest 229.1 passing yards per game.
Buccaneers QB Tom Brady UNDER 40.5 pass attempts (-134)
Brady threw for 239 yards while completing 23 of 36 pass attempts in Week 1. He has thrown for more yards in all but two of seven games since, while also attempting 40-plus passes in four of his last five games.
The Buccaneers are 4.5-point favorites, though, and they’ll look to run as much as possible to keep the ball away from Saints QB Drew Brees. Take the Under as it’s in line with the Bucs’ plans for this game.
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Saints RB Alvin Kamara OVER 48.5 rushing yards (+100)
This selection follows suit of our Thomas’ prop above. The line has been set conservatively with bettors choosing Thomas’ receiving yards over Kamara’s ground yards. He has topped this total with ease in all but one of his six games since rushing for just 16 yards on 12 carries in the season-opener. He has averaged 5.5 yards per carry after being held to just 1.33 YPC in Week 1.
Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin UNDER 4.5 receptions (-129)
There were no props listed for Bucs WR Antonio Brown at the time of writing, but we’ll work him in via this Godwin proposition. Any targets Brown will receive in his season debut are more likely to be taken away from Godwin and Scotty Miller (2.5) than they are Mike Evans (4.5) or Gronk (3.5).
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Also see:
- Saints at Buccaneers odds, picks and prediction
- Murray’s contract named roster’s best veteran value (Saints Wire)
- Why Brady is one of Mahomes’ favorite QBs (Bucs Wire)
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