Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-11) and the Atlanta Falcons (9-6) are all set to meet up in Sunday’s 4:15 PM ET clash, and it doesn’t appear that the game will be close if you put faith into the betting odds.
The home-team Falcons are 12-point favorites but have been bet down after debuting at -14 earlier in the week despite NFL wager-tracking websites showing that Atlanta is receiving about 65% of the action here.
The total of 46.5 has been bet down from the opener of 47.
Tampa Bay has completely fallen apart after starting the season out strong, and the Buccaneers will be losers in 10 straight if they don’t get it together for this matchup.
The Buccaneers have been so bad that they’ve covered the point spread just once during their 9-game losing streak. The over has been a winner in 5 of the last 7 games for Tampa Bay.
Atlanta is coming off of an embarrassing 16-45 loss in New Orleans against the Saints, but they were winners in 7 of 9 games before that tough defeat.
The Falcons might be winning but they haven’t been covering the point spread and have won money for their backers in just 2 out of their last 7 overall this year.
Atlanta has gone over the total in 3 straight games after going under in 7 straight.
The Falcons have already clinched a playoff berth but still have something to play for with a potential first round home game on the line.
The Buccaneers were 16-13 winners as 1-point favorites in Tampa Bay earlier this season, but it was the first win for them in a while after dropping the previous 5 against Atlanta.
The under has been a winner in 5 of the previous 7 head-to-head meetings between the Falcons and the Buccaneers.
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