{"id":2845,"date":"2008-11-29T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/saints-buccaneers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-29T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T03:47:00","slug":"saints-buccaneers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/saints-buccaneers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints-Buccaneers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet at Raymond James Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Buccaneers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Saints, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Drew Brees was 20-of-26 for 323 yards with four touchdowns, as the Saints ripped the Packers 51-29 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 2.5-point home favorites as the teams played over the 53.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Buccaneers defeated Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 38-20 as an 8-point favorite last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff Garcia passed for 165 yards with two touchdowns for Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and Warrick Dunn rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 6-5 SU, 7-4 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 8-3 SU, 7-4 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New Orleans most recently:
When playing in November are 5-5
When playing on grass are 4-6
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the division are 4-6<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the division are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans’s last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 12 of New Orleans’s last 16 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing New Orleans
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 7
Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay at Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet at Raymond James Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Buccaneers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Saints, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. Drew Brees was 20-of-26 for 323 yards with four touchdowns, … Continue reading Saints-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-2845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845","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=2845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}