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Posted at 8:00 AM ET. Odds are subject to change

New Orleans +175 over Tampa Bay

Caesars Super Dome - New Orleans, LA

4:05 PM ET. Every week the market tells a story, and this one doesn’t add up. Tampa Bay is laying points on the road on short rest after flying back from Detroit, where they were thoroughly outplayed in a game that wasn’t as close as the 24-9 score suggests. They’re banged up all over — Mike Evans is out, half their defense didn’t practice, and this is their second straight road game. Yet they’re being priced as if nothing’s wrong.

The Bucs are 5-2, but it’s been a very flattering 5-2. They’ve been living on turnover luck and red-zone defense, two things that rarely sustain over time. When you take away those breaks, Tampa’s profile looks pedestrian — especially offensively. They’ve gone from balanced to one-dimensional, throwing 50+ times last week while managing just 41 rushing yards. Baker Mayfield is serviceable when things are clean, but the line is thin between control and chaos, and he’s trending toward the latter.

New Orleans, meanwhile, looked ugly in Chicago. Spencer Rattler turned it over four times, the Saints shot themselves in the foot repeatedly, and the scoreline reflected it. That tends to create an overreaction. The market sees “Tampa bounce-back, Saints mess,” and that’s how you get value. Turnovers are random noise. Rattler had protected the ball all year before that one meltdown, and now we get the Saints at home catching more than a field goal against a team running on fumes.

The Saints’ defense remains intact and capable of frustrating a pass-heavy attack, and this spot sets up beautifully. Tampa is dealing with cluster injuries to its skill positions and linebacking corps. They’ve been punching above their weight for a month, and the cracks finally showed in Detroit. Short rest, injuries, and travel — that’s not the formula for laying points in the division.

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