SNF: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New Orleans Saints 12/19/21 NFL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints clash in week 15 NFL Sunday Night Football from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

The New Orleans Saints will be looking to add to their 30-9 win over the New York Jets in their last game. Trevor Siemian has thrown for 1,083 yards, 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 57.2% passing while Taysom Hill’s tossed for 495 yards, 2 touchdowns and 5 INTs on 58.6% passing while also rushing for 278 yards and 5 scores. Alvin Kamara leads the Saints in rushing with 650 rushing yards and 4 TDs while Deonte Harris has a team-high 523 receiving yards and Marquez Callaway has 443 receiving yards with 6 touchdowns as well this season. On defense, Demario Davis leads the Saints with 88 total tackles while P.J. Williams has 3 interceptions and Marcus Davenport has a team-high 5.5 sacks.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will try to extend their current four-game winning streak after a 33-27 win in overtime against the Buffalo Bills last time out. Tom Brady has thrown for 4,134 yards, 36 touchdowns and 10 interceptions on 68.2% passing while Leonard Fournette leads the Bucs in rushing with 778 yards and 8 TDs. Chris Godwin leads the Bucs with 92 receptions for 1,054 yards and 5 scores while Mike Evans has 885 receiving yards and 11 TDs with 63 catches. Rob Gronkowski, Leonard Fournette and Antonio Brown all have 400+ receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Devin White leads the Bucs with 110 total tackles while also contributing 3.5 sacks. Mike Edwards has 3 interceptions while Shaquil Barrett has a team-high 9 sacks and Ndamukong Suh also has 6 sacks of his own this season.

New Orleans is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games following an ATS win and 36-15 ATS in their last 51 road games while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 division games. Tampa Bay is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a losing record.

I’ll give New Orleans Creditfor actually outscoring teams on the road by 2.6 PPG this season, but they’re still a defense first team with a shaky quarterback situation. Going to Tampa Bay isn’t ideal when you have an opposing QB like Tom Brady who can pick apart even the best defenses like we’ve seen him do in his entire career. The Bucs have also been dominant at home, outscoring teams by 19 PPG and I just think this is setting up to be a two-score win for the Bucs, so I’ll lay the points with Tampa Bay here.