The New Orleans Saints (6-7) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-3) have an NFC South divisional showdown on prime time Sunday night. Their game kicks off Sunday night at 8:20 p.m. ET at Raymond James Stadium. Below, we look at the Saints vs. Buccaneers odds and lines, and make our best NFL picks, predictions and bets.
The Saints snapped a five-game losing streak last week with a 30-9 win over the New York Jets. They are one of five teams in the NFC at 6-7 and vying for a wild-card berth.
The Buccaneers are tied with the Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers for the best record in the NFL at 10-3 and sit as the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoff race. They have won four games in a row, their last one being a 33-27 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills.
Saints at Buccaneers odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Saints +420 (bet $100 to win $420) | Buccaneers -600 (bet $600 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Saints +10.5 (-112) | Buccaneers -10.5 (-108)
- Over/Under (O/U): 45.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Saints at Buccaneers key injuries
Saints
- OT Terron Armstead (knee) out
- OT Ryan Ramczyk (knee) out
- TE Garrett Griffin (hamstring) out
- LB Kaden Ellis (hamstring) questionable
- WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey (hamstring) questionable
Buccaneers
- CB Jamel Dean (concussion) out
- CB Richard Sherman (Achilles’) doubtful
- RB Leonard Fournette (ankle) questionable
- S Jordan Whitehead (calf) questionable
- S Antoine Winfield Jr. (foot) questionable
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Saints at Buccaneers odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Buccaneers 24, Saints 17
Money line
PASS on the money line. Yes, the Saints beat the Bucs in Week 8. But in a matchup at quarterback between Tom Brady and Taysom Hill, which would you expect to win?
The Saints are a huge potential payout but have struggled too much over the last six weeks to bet on them to win outright, while betting the Bucs just doesn’t make sense in terms of value. There is no need to bet six times what you can win in the regular season.
Against the spread
The Saints are 6-7 ATS on the season, matching their record. They are 4-3 ATS as the underdog.
The Bucs, on the other hand, are 7-6 ATS and 7-6 ATS as the favorite — they have been favored in every game this season. They are also 5-1 ATS at home.
The Saints upset them with an outright win last time out, but Brady’s Bucs have not beaten the Saints by more than 10 points in any of their three matchups since he joined Tampa. The Saints beat the Bucs in Tampa last season 38-3.
I like the Bucs to win, but bet the SAINTS +10.5 (-112).
Over/Under
The Week 8 game between the two teams went for a total of 63.
All of the Saints’ last three games have stayed Under the projected total. Two of the last three for the Bucs have hit the Over, but they are 3-5 O/U in their last eight games.
The New Orleans defense will be up for the task and keep the Bucs from 30, which the Bucs have done four straight weeks, but the Tampa defense will limit the Saints, too. They scored 17 or less in two of their last three games.
Take UNDER 45.5 (-110).
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