Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints Game News and Stats

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints will try to pick up a win on Sunday at Louisiana Superdome.

The knee-jerk reaction is to jump on the Saints’ in this game like macaroni-to-American cheese, but since we’re counting triglycerides these days we’ll avoid this fatty temptation.

For openers, it’s seldom that New Orleans rewards its backers in this role where they are a diet-busting 1-16 ATS as division home chalk of 7 or more points. We also find it hard to swallow favorites of this size that sport a rush defense allowing 5.5 YPR.

Granted, after last year’s 10-win surprise season, the Bucs are crashing back to earth this campaign faster than Usain Bolt but they take the field today sporting a glossy 4-1 SU and 5-0 ATS mark in games with rest.

In addition, Tampa has enjoyed the restaurants on Bourbon Street where they are 7-1 ATS in their last eight visits.

The devil be damned… we’re passing on the Saints and flirting, instead, with the calorie-conscious visitor.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints game stats:

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing New Orleans
Tampa Bay is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
New Orleans is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
New Orleans is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 6 games