NFL Odds: New Orleans Saints By 5 Over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

October 15, 2010   ·   Jimmy Boyd   ·   Jump to comments

Just when it looked like the New Orleans Saints would finally get it going, jumping out to a 10-0 lead against Arizona, they showed us all, once again, that they aren’t the same team that won the Super Bowl last season.
Will this be the week the Saints finally snap out of it? NFL odds makers seem to think so, listing the Saints as a 5-point favorite with the total set at 44.
Winning in Tampa Bay against the 3-1 Buccaneers figures to be no easy task for New Orleans. The Bucs shocked Cincinnati last week and they will be lacking no confidence against a Saints team they have defeated four times in the last six meetings.
Injuries to key players is certainly one of the reasons why New Orleans is struggling; the good news for the Saints is that they are still 3-2 despite not yet putting it all together.
Good teams can get beat by inferior opponents when they turn the ball over or when they lose the special teams battle; these two things got quite a few g...

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