Categories: NFL

Buccaneers vs. Falcons: Odds, Predictions, and Best Bet for Thursday Night Football

Week 5 of the NFL season kicks off with the Buccaneers taking on the Falcons on Thursday Night Football. Tampa Bay is riding high after their upset win over Philly! Atlanta was outplayed by New Orleans but still found a way to come away with a victory at home last week.

Let’s go over the odds and predictions before delivering a best bet. Enjoy the game and best of luck with all of your action! Let’s get into it.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1.5 vs Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons face the 3-1 Tampa Bay Bucs Thursday night in an NFC South showdown.  Atlanta Is coming off an enormous 26-24 win over their rivals, the New Orleans Saints. The game feature 6 ties or lead changes, it ended with a Younghoe Koo game-winning 58-yard field goal.

The Falcons relied on forcing turnovers to make up for their lack of conversions on 3rd down and just 88 yards rushing. Tyler Allgeier led the team with 60 yards on the ground while Bijan Robinson combined for 74 total yards.

Tampa Bay decimated a weak Philadelphia team last week that was without their top 2 receivers. The Bucs defense keyed on Saquon Barkley and held him to just 25 yards rushing before he busted a 59 yarder.

Baker Mayfield was clicking with all his receivers and finished with 347 passing yards while completing just under 64% of his passes. Bucky Irving and Rachaad White each compiled 49 rushing yards on 10 carries each.

Best Bet: Bucs +1.5

We like the road underdogs in this one. Atlanta is coming off a highly emotional win over the Saints last week and now have a short week to prepare for a TB offense that has been tough to keep under control.

We believe Baker and company will be able to have success and be the difference in this divisional matchup. Chris Godwin had his 1st game without a touchdown reception last week, look for him to get back on the TD train in this one.

Key Trends:

TB is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games on the road.
TB is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games when playing as the underdog.
Atlanta is 5-15 ATS in their last 20 games.
Atlanta is 2-10 ATS in their last 12 games when playing as the favorite.

Bill Christy

Bill is a high-volume sports bettor who runs his own sports investing business. He has an uncanny ability to find tons of mathematical edges on each day’s sports betting card. Bill covers all sports but his bread and butter is UFC, Golf, and College Hoops. Find him on X at @LarrysLocks2

Share
Published by
Bill Christy

Recent Posts

UFC Fight Night Predictions: 4 Best Bets for Saturday, May 31

With UFC 316 just around the corner, MMA’s premier organization will provide fans with a…

2 days ago

Knicks at Pacers Predictions: 3 Player Props for Game 6 on May 31

After an inspiring Game 5 victory back at Madison Square Garden, New York will need…

2 days ago

White Sox vs Orioles Prediction, Odds, and Best Bet: Fade the Pitching, Back the Bats

Two last-place teams face off in Baltimore, but only one has a pitcher trending in…

2 days ago

Pacers vs Knicks Predictions: 3 Player Props for Game 5

It is now or never for the new-look New York Knicks as they trail Indiana…

3 days ago

Oilers vs Stars Game 5 Prediction, Odds, and Our Best Bet

The Oilers have flipped the series on its head and now sit one win away…

4 days ago

Braves vs Phillies Game 2 Prediction, Betting Odds, and Best Pick

With Zack Wheeler on fire and the Phillies surging at home, Game 2 could be…

4 days ago

This website uses cookies.