{"id":2780,"date":"2008-11-22T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/buccaneers-lions-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-22T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T03:57:00","slug":"buccaneers-lions-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/buccaneers-lions-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers-Lions Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Ford Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Buccaneers listed as 8-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 42. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Buccaneers defeated Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 19-13 as a 5.5-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (38.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff Garcia passed for 255 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions for Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, while Matt Bryant kicked four field goals in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lions lost to Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 31-22 as a 14-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (40.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Daunte Culpepper threw for 207 yards with a TD pass, a TD run and two interceptions for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Kevin Smith rushed for 112 yards on 24 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 10 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 7-3 SU, 6-4 ATS
Detroit: 0-10 SU, 4-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing in November are 6-4
When playing on turf are 2-8
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing in November are 1-9
When playing on turf are 1-9
After being outgained are 1-9
When playing outside the division are 1-9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay home to New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 30
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Thursday, November 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Ford Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Buccaneers listed as 8-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 42. The Buccaneers defeated Minnesota 19-13 as a 5.5-point favorite last week. The … Continue reading Buccaneers-Lions 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-2780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2780","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=2780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}