The Saints finally got a win under their belt and then the bye week hit, seemingly stirring up more suspension and Bountygate stories. \u00a0If they are going to do the impossible and get back in this thing they can afford two more losses by estimation.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
New Orleans Saints (1-4) vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-3)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Gambling Insight!<\/a> |\u00a0Buy Ray’s Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I see three tough road games pending but this isn\u2019t one of them. \u00a0Tampa is a good opponent for New Orleans because they are a middling offensive team.<\/p>\n QB Drew Brees is breaking records while leading the top passing attack in the league. \u00a0The running game may stink but it is not holding them back – the 32nd (last) ranked defense is. \u00a0The Saints give up more than 450 yards a game. \u00a0Not only are they bad but they are taking chances away from their potent offense. \u00a0They should be able to make a better showing or outscore the Bucs if need be.<\/p>\n I love the line on this one. \u00a0New Orleans is still getting tons of respect being favoured on the road \u00a0but they only have to win by a FG to make you happy. \u00a0Tampa has a solid D but the last time they played an opponent with a decent passing attack they gave up 41 points to the Giants. \u00a0Take the Saints and maybe also include them in some teasers.<\/p>\n Tampa came out of their bye and just crushed Kansas City last week. \u00a0It helped that they were facing perennial whipping boy QB Brady Quinn but they also got solid production out of their offense showing some explosiveness that was previously lacking. \u00a0The Bucs are actually second in the ugly NFC South and need this victory if they want to entertain thoughts of the playoffs. \u00a0A win could keep them in and pretty much eliminate the Saints to boot so there is some juice there. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The Bucs have improved from last year but are still not at the level they will need to be to compete in the NFC. \u00a0The defense has shown more improvement than the offense because the running game has yet to really click. \u00a0Tampa averages just over 100ypg on the ground but Doug Martin has yet to find his footing as a rookie. \u00a0QB Josh Freeman is still making too many mistakes but receiver Mike Williams showed up last week. \u00a0FInally<\/p>\n The Bucs are at home but other than that they don\u2019t have much going for them this week. \u00a0Sure last week\u2019s win was a feather in their cap but when a team turns the ball over 6 times it is supposed to be easy. \u00a0I think they are going to have trouble slowing down New Orleans on offense and won\u2019t be able to keep up.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0New Orleans -2.5<\/strong> Saints vs Buccaneers NFL Football Spread\/Handicapping The Saints finally got a win under their belt and then the bye week hit, seemingly stirring up more suspension and Bountygate stories. \u00a0If they are going to do the impossible and get back in this thing they can afford two more losses by estimation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":39341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1487,5585,5598,4898,10717,844,3329,5599,2200,3472],"class_list":["post-56375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-orleans-saints-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-new-orleans-vs-tampa-bay","tag-nfl-football-odds","tag-nfl-football-predictions","tag-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-week-7-lines","tag-saints-vs-buccaneers","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-week-7-free-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56382,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56375\/revisions\/56382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Sunday October 21<\/strong>
\n Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL<\/strong>
\n 1:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0New Orleans -145, Tampa Bay +125 at Sportsbook.ag<\/a>
\n<\/strong> Spread: \u00a0New Orleans -2.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a049.5<\/strong><\/p>\nNew Orleans<\/h3>\n
CLICK TO GRAB OUR BEST Expert NFL Picks for 2012 NFL FOOTBALL Betting!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Tampa Bay<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Over<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0New Orleans 38 – Tampa Bay 24 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"