{"id":6150,"date":"2009-10-24T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-patriots-vs-buccaneers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-24T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T03:21:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-patriots-vs-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-patriots-vs-buccaneers\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Patriots vs Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Wembley Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 15\u00bd-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game’s total is sitting at 44\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Patriots defeated Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 59-0 as a 9-point favorite in Week 6. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (38.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tom Brady passed for 380 yards with six touchdowns for New England<\/st1:place>, while Randy Moss hauled in eight passes for 129 yards and three touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Buccaneers lost to Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 28-21 as a 3-point underdog in Week 6. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (40.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carnell Williams rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries for Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and Josh Johnson passed for 147 yards with an interception. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 6 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New England<\/st1:place>: 4-2 SU, 3-3 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 0-6 SU, 1-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New England most recently:
When playing in October are 8-2
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When favored on the road are 8-2<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing in October are 3-7
When playing on grass are 2-8
After being outgained are 1-9
When an underdog at home are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
New England is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New England’s last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 9 of New England’s last 13 games
New England is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing New England
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay’s last 8 games
Tampa Bay is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
Tampa Bay is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
New England<\/st1:place> home to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 8
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Wembley Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 15\u00bd-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game’s total is sitting at 44\u00bd. The Patriots defeated Tennessee 59-0 as a 9-point favorite in Week … Continue reading NFL Handicapping: Patriots vs Buccaneers<\/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-6150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150","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=6150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}