Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will meet in the annual NFL football game across the pond in the country of England on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in London England is set for 1PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the New England Patriots opened as a 13 point favorite with the over under coming in at 43. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the favorite, as the New England Patriots are currently a 14-½ point favorite. The total has seen betting action towards the over early by the NFL betting public, as the current total is lined at 45 to play into. NFL money line bettors can make a play on the favored New England Patriots at –1300 with the underdog Tampa Bay Buccaneers bringing back +850 to pull off the straight up upset without the point spread a factor in the money line bet.
New England exploited a very bad pass defense last week putting up 59 points on the winless Tennessee Titans. Tom Brady hit on 29 of 34 for 380 yards and 6 touchdown passes against the Titans secondary. The Patriots defense limited the Titans to –7 yards passing. Running back Laurence Maroney had a break out game with 123 rushing yards on 16 carries for 7.7 yards per carry average. Tampa Bay is a winless team with an 0-5 record this season. They are coming off a 21-14 loss at home to Carolina despite benefiting from 3 Panthers turnovers. Carolina ran all over Tampa last week with 267 rushing yards on 48 rushing attempts. Tampa Bay’s defense allows 370 yards per game this season. Dallas torched the Buccaneers secondary for 344 passing yards and Philadelphia in week 5 passed for 249 yards. Tampa Bay has the weakest safties in the league, as teams have been successful in passing over them. The problem for Tampa Bay is the fact that Tom Brady has got his deep touch back and it could be a very long night for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers secondary. Buccaneers quarterback Josh Johnson has shown some ability but has turned the ball over. This is a tough spot for a first year quarterback facing a Bruce Belichick defense.
Tony T’s Opinion: Tom Brady may have found his form and that will not bode well for a very bad Tampa Bay secondary. It could be bombs away at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. There is no way I will be on Tampa Bay in this game. I am leaning on New England in this game based on the fact that Tom Brady was accurate again in his vertical passing game. Brady is facing another awful pass defense. If this game makes my card I would be on the Patriots side.
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NFL Trend: Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 1-5 ATS this season
The Wagerline consensus has 78.4% of the NFL bettors on New England Patriots –14 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 68.1% of the NFL bettors playing over 45
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