{"id":2682,"date":"2008-11-15T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/vikings-buccaneers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-15T21:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T02:08:00","slug":"vikings-buccaneers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/vikings-buccaneers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings-Buccaneers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Vikings and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Raymond James Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Buccaneers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Vikings, while the game’s total is sitting at 38\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings defeated Green Bay 28-27 as a 2.5-point favorite in Week 10. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (44.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adrian Peterson rushed for 192 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries for Minnesota, while Gus Frerotte passed for 151 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Buccaneers defeated Kansas City 30-27 as a 9.5-point favorite in Week 9. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (36.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff Garcia passed for 339 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Tampa Bay and Antonio Bryant caught eight passes for 115 yards with a TD. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota: 5-4 SU, 3-6 ATS
Tampa Bay: 6-3 SU, 5-4 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing in November are 6-4
When playing on grass are 2-8
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing in November are 6-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota at Jacksonville, Sunday, November 23
Tampa Bay at Detroit, Sunday, November 23<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Vikings and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Raymond James Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Buccaneers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Vikings, while the game’s total is sitting at 38\u00bd. The Vikings defeated Green Bay 28-27 as a 2.5-point … Continue reading Vikings-Buccaneers Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}