Woof. The New Orleans Saints return home to find themselves as underdogs inside the welcoming walls of the Caesars Superdome, per Tipico Sportsbook. Tipico has the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers favored by 5.5 points — take that with the over/under of 49.5 and you’ve got a suggested final tally of Tampa Bay 28, New Orleans 22.
Unfortunately, that shouldn’t be too surprising. The Buccaneers are riding a 6-1 record and expect to get a number of playmakers back from injuries, including Antonio Brown and Rob Gronkowski on offense and Lavonte David and Richard Sherman on defense. They’ve been playing very good football and want to go into their bye week at 7-1.
The Saints, meanwhile, have been remarkably sloppy. Great as the New Orleans defense has performed this year, Jameis Winston has struggled to lift an offense lacking any serious threats at wide receiver. Unless Winston’s supporting cast can rapidly improve in just a week, he’ll be hard-pressed to keep up the pace with Brady and his smorgasbord of weapons. The Saints must be on top of their game if they want to improve to 5-2.
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