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New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Preview & Picks – Bucs To Power Past Saints In NFL

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03 Jan 2025
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Leigh Copson 03 Jan 2025
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  • New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers picks for Sunday, January 5
  • Game is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa
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    New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Preview & Picks
  • New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Preview & Picks
  • Head To Head
  • New Orleans Saints Form
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers Form

New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Preview & Picks

Tampa Bay are backed to cover the spread as they wrap up the NFC South crown.

Baker Mayfield has this Buccaneers offense firing and they are expected to hang plenty of points on the Saints for the second time this season.

  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 6-2-0 ATS in their last 8 games
  • Tampa Bay beat New Orleans by 24 points back on October 13
  • New Orleans Saints are 1-4-0 ATS in their previous 5 games
  • The Over has cashed in each of Tampa Bay’s last 3 games

Head To Head

  • New Orleans Saints lead the all-time series 40-26
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 51-27 when the two teams last met on October 13

New Orleans Saints Form

New Orleans enter this matchup have lost each of their previous three games to fall to 5-11.

The Saints opened the season in impressive fashion as they out-scored the opposition 91-29 over the first two weeks.

They blew out Carolina 47-10 at home before embarrassing Dallas on the road, 44-19, but the wheels came off in spectacular fashion after that as they lost the next seven.

New Orleans steadied the ship in November as they won three times in a four-game spell, but their form soon nose-dived again.

The Saints have sandwiched a 34-0 shutout defeat in Green Bay with home defeats to Washington, 20-19, and Las Vegas, 25-10.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Form

Tampa Bay have won five of their previous six games to reach 9-7 and put themselves within one win of clinching the NFC South crown.

The Buccaneers made a solid start to the season as they won four of their first six games, including an impressive 20-16 victory in Detroit.

They cooled off in late October as they suffered fourth consecutive defeats to fall below .500, but they kick-started their campaign in late November with a 30-7 win at the New York Giants.

Tampa Bay followed that up with wins over Carolina, 26-23 in overtime, Las Vegas, 28-13, and the Los Angeles Chargers, 40-17.

The Buccaneers then bounced back from a surprise 26-24 defeat at Dallas with a 48-14 blowout of Carolina last weekend.

Verdict

Baker Mayfield and this Tampa Bay offense continue to stack up plenty of points.

They hung 51 on this Saints defense earlier this season, and we expect repeat scenes as the Bucs wrap up the division crown in style.

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Best Bet2: Over 43.5 Total Points @-111.11 at Stake.us - 2 Units
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