New Orleans (9-0) at Tampa Bay (1-8)

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In Short

1:00 PM ET	W/L	ATS	H	A	AF	AA	O/U
New Orleans	9-0	6-3-0	5-0	4-0	36.8	21.9	6-3-0
Tampa Bay	1-8	3-6-0	1-4	0-4	17.4	28.4	6-3-0

Logans.com Betting Trends

	NO	TB

Moneyline	77%	23%
Spread	70%	30%
Total (O/U)	67%	33%

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Consensus \| In-depth \| Make Pick
New Orleans	2643-1554	62.97%
Tampa Bay	1554-2643	37.03%

Team Expert picks for this game \| In-depth
Picks for New Orleans	10
Picks for Tampa Bay	9
Picks for the Over	10
Picks for the Under	6

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Recent Trends | In Depth

New Orleans:	NO are 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 road games. NO are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games in Week 11. NO are 11-4-1 ATS in their last 16 games overall.
Tampa Bay:	TB are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 home games. TB are 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games on grass. Over is 8-2 in TB last 10 games on grass.
Head to Head:	Road team is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 meetings. Underdog is 10-4 ATS in their last 14 meetings.

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Quarterbacks

New Orleans	Yds	Comp.%	Y/A	TD/INT	Rat.
Drew Brees	2559	68.38	8.79	19/9	104.6
Mark Brunell	0	0.00	0.00	0/0	-
Chase Daniel	0	0.00	0.00	0/0	-
Tampa Bay	Yds	Comp.%	Y/A	TD/INT	Rat.
Josh Johnson	685	50.40	5.48	4/8	50.9
Byron Leftwich	594	54.21	5.55	4/3	71.2
Josh Freeman	417	50.79	6.62	4/2	79.9

Game Results

Recent Meetings				New Orleans			Tampa Bay
Date	Away/Home	Line	O/U	Tot	Rus	Pas	Tot	Rus	Pas
11/30/08	NO 20 - TB 23	NO 3.5	U 44	332	44	288	254	149	105
09/07/08	TB 20 - NO 24	NO -3	O 43	438	101	337	352	146	206
12/02/07	TB 27 - NO 23	TB 5.5	O 41.5	246	84	162	466	172	294
09/16/07	NO 14 - TB 31	TB 5	O 41.5	343	99	244	330	87	243
11/05/06	NO 31 - TB 14	NO -1	O 37.5	363	49	314	226	68	158
10/08/06	TB 21 - NO 24	TB 7	O 34.5	314	143	171	406	187	219
01/01/06	NO 13 - TB 27	TB -13	O 37	306	71	235	285	149	136
12/04/05	TB 10 - NO 3	TB -3.5	U 39	279	65	214	248	133	115
12/19/04	NO 21 - TB 17	NO 8	U 43.5	247	115	132	283	169	114
10/10/04	TB 20 - NO 17	TB 3	U 38	251	145	106	319	81	238

New Orleans Last 10 \| Past \| Remaining					Yards			Per Play
Date	vs.	Score	Line	O/U	Tot	Rus	Pas	Tot	Rus	Pas
11/15/09	@STL	W 28-23	L -14	O 50.5	-14	62	-76	1.3	2.1	1.0
11/08/09	CAR	W 30-20	L -12.5	U 51	44	-97	141	1.9	-0.8	3.1
11/02/09	ATL	W 35-27	L -11	O 56	-5	-15	10	-0.3	-2.5	2.1
10/25/09	@MIA	W 46-34	W -6	O 48	80	1	79	1.4	0.5	1.9
10/18/09	NYG	W 48-27	W -3.5	O 47	168	49	119	1.2	-1.0	5.3
10/04/09	NYJ	W 24-10	W -7.5	U 47	99	21	78	0.8	-0.1	1.8
09/27/09	@BUF	W 27-7	W -5.5	U 51	135	133	2	1.4	1.6	1.1
09/20/09	@PHI	W 48-22	W -2.5	O 46	-42	48	-90	0.3	0.5	1.2
09/13/09	DET	W 45-27	W -14	O 50	284	124	160	3.4	2.8	5.2
09/03/09	MIA	L 7-10	L -3	U 36.5	-51	-50	-1	0.7	-0.2	1.6

Tampa Bay Last 10 \| Past \| Remaining					Yards			Per Play
Date	vs.	Score	Line	O/U	Tot	Rus	Pas	Tot	Rus	Pas
11/15/09	@MIA	L 23-25	W 10	O 43	-72	-77	5	-0.4	-1.6	1.0
11/08/09	GB	W 38-28	W 9.5	O 43	-125	-89	-36	-1.0	-2.1	-0.3
10/25/09	NE	L 7-35	L 15.5	U 44.5	-174	-18	-156	-2.6	-0.4	-4.6
10/18/09	CAR	L 21-28	L 3	O 40.5	-77	-143	66	0.9	-0.6	3.9
10/11/09	@PHI	L 14-33	L 15.5	O 41.5	-22	9	-31	-3.0	0.2	-6.0
10/04/09	@WAS	L 13-16	W 9.5	U 36	-48	4	-52	-0.5	0.7	-2.4
09/27/09	NYG	L 0-24	L 6	U 46	-311	-198	-113	-2.8	-1.8	-4.1
09/20/09	@BUF	L 20-33	L 4	O 41.5	-85	-161	76	-1.5	-3.2	-1.2
09/13/09	DAL	L 21-34	L 4.5	O 40	-12	56	-68	-2.9	0.7	-6.2
09/04/09	HOU	L 20-27	L -3	O 33.5	44	21	23	-0.6	1.0	-3.5

Last team Starters

New Orleans Saints
Offense		Defense
QB WR RB FB TE TE LG OLT C ORT ORT	9 Drew Brees 19 Devery Henderson 21 Mike Bell 36 Kyle Eckel 88 Jeremy Shockey 85 David Thomas 77 Carl Nicks 74 Jermon Bushrod 76 Jonathan Goodwin 73 Jahri Evans 78 Jon Stinchcomb	DT SLB LE WLB LCB SS FS RE SLB NT RCB	69 Anthony Hargrove 55 Scott Fujita 94 Charles Grant 58 Scott Shanle 20 Randall Gay 13 Rod Harper 28 Usama Young 91 Will Smith 51 Jonathan Vilma 92 Remi Ayodele 22 Tracey Porter

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Offense		Defense
QB WR WR RB FB TE LG LG OLT C ORT	5 Josh Freeman 80 Michael Clayton 85 Maurice Stovall 24 Carnell Williams 34 Earnest Graham John Gilmore 52 Jeff Faine 76 Jeremy Zuttah 70 Donald Penn 75 Davin Joseph 65 Jeremy Trueblood	DT LCB MLB WLB RE SS RCB FS SLB LE DT	95 Chris Hovan 25 Aqib Talib 51 Barrett Ruud 54 Eugene Hayes 97 Jimmy Wilkerson 21 Sabby Piscitelli 20 Ronde Barber 28 Tanard Jackson 58 Quincy Black 96 Tim Crowder 98 Ryan Sims

Injuries

New Orleans Saints \| In-Depth
				ATS*	O/U*
Player		Status/Updated		Current	Current
Reggie Bush	RB	day-to-day - Knee - 11/22/09	notesBush did not play during Sunday's game against the Bucs as he deals with a knee injury.	0-1	0-1
Garrett Hartley	K	Ques Sun - Ankle - 11/09/09	notesHartley is questionable for Sunday's game against the Buccaneers due to an ankle injury.	0-3	1-2
Lance Moore	WR	Doub Sun - Ankle - 11/09/09	notesMoore is doubtful for Sunday's game against the Buccaneers due to an ankle sprain which forced him to miss last game.	0-3	1-2
Jabari Greer	CB	Doub Sun - Groin - 11/09/09	notesGreer is doubtful for Sunday's game against the Buccaneers due to a groin injury.	0-2	1-1
Sedrick Ellis	DT	Doub Sun - Knee - 10/26/09	notesEllis is recovering from an sprained MCL in his knee and is doubtful for Sunday against the Bucs.	0-4	2-2
Tracey Porter	CB	Out indefinitely - Knee - 11/17/09	notesPorter suffered a sprained MCL and will miss 4-6 weeks.	0-1	0-1
Kendrick Clancy	DL	I-R - Knee - 11/07/09	notesClancy has been placed on the injured reserve with a knee injury.	0-3	1-2
Heath Evans	FB	I-R - Knee - 10/29/09	notesEvans has been placed on the injured reserve list after undergoing season-ending surgery on his injured right knee.	0-3	2-1
Rod Harper	WR	I-R - Foot - 10/17/09	notesHarper has been placed on the injured reserve after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot.	1-2	2-1
Chip Vaughn	S	I-R - Knee - 09/30/09	notesVaughn underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee and was placed on the injured reserve list.	6-4	6-4
Jammal Brown	T	I-R - Hip - 09/30/09	notesBrown has been placed on the injured reserve list after undergoing hip surgery.	6-4	6-4
Olaniyi Sobomehin	RB	I-R - Undisclosed - 09/07/09	notesSobomehin has been placed on the injured reserve for undisclosed reasons.	6-4	6-4
Billy Miller	TE	I-R - Leg - 09/04/09	notesAn MRI taken on Friday determined that Miller tore his right achilles tendon and the injury will require season ending surgery.	6-4	6-4
Reggie Jones (POR)	DB	I-R - Undisclosed - 08/19/09	notesJones has been placed on the injured reserve list with an undisclosed injury.	6-4	6-4
Mark Simoneau	LB	I-R - Tricep - 08/16/09	notesSimoneau has been placed on injured reserve with a torn triceps muscle, ending his season.	6-4	6-4

Tampa Bay Buccaneers \| In-Depth
				ATS*	O/U*
Player		Status/Updated		Current	Current
Will Allen	S	I-R - Thumb - 11/11/09	notesAllen has been placed on the injured reserve as he suffers from a broken thumb.	2-0	1-1
Rod Wilson	LB	I-R - Undisclosed - 11/11/09	notesWilson has been placed on the injured reserve list due to an undisclosed injury.	2-0	1-1
B.J. Askew	FB	I-R - Neck - 10/21/09	notesAskew has been placed on the injured reserve list after sustaining a neck injury in a car accident.	3-2	3-2
Jermaine Phillips	S	I-R - Thumb - 09/21/09	notesPhillips will miss 6-8 weeks after fracturing his thumb in Sunday's game.	4-4	4-4
E.J. Biggers	CB	I-R - Shoulder - 09/21/09	notesBiggers was placed on the injury reserve due to a shoulder injury.	4-4	4-4
Xavier Fulton	T	I-R - Knee - 09/07/09	notesFulton has been placed on injured reserve with a knee injury.	4-6	6-4
Angelo Crowell	LB	I-R - Bicep - 08/24/09	notesCrowell will miss the 2009 season after tearing his biceps muscle in the Bucs' second preseason game.	4-6	6-4
Josh Bidwell	P	I-R - Hip - 08/16/09	notesBidwell has been placed on the injured reserve after injuring his hip in training camp.	4-6	6-4

*ATS & O/U represent team records for games the player missed as a result of their current injury.
x indicates a game that finished in overtime.

Live Game Odds

Lines History \| All Odds \| Tracker
	Home	over/under
OPEN	-110 11	-110 52.5
Offshore Odds
betED	-110 10	-110 51
Pinnacle	-112 10.5	104 51
Logans	-110 10.5	-110 51
5Dimes	-130 11.5	-110 50.5
Bodog	-110 11	-110 51
Legends	-114 10.5	-110 50.5
SPORTSBETTING	-110 10.5	-110 51
SportsInteraction	-115 11	-115 51
Bet Phoenix	-105 10.5	-105 51
BetJamaica	-120 11	-110 50.5
BetUS	-110 10.5	-110 50.5
SportsBook	-110 10.5	-110 51
WSEX	-110 10.5	-110 51
Belmont	-110 10.5	-110 51
BookMaker	-110 10	-110 50.5
Brobury	-110 10.5	-110 51
Diamond	-110 10	-110 50.5
SBGGLOBAL.com	-110 10.5	-110 51
League Champions	OFF	OFF
Vegas Odds
Las Vegas Hilton	-110 10	-110 50.5
Mirage	-110 10.5	-110 51
Hard Rock	-110 10.5	-110 51
Planet Hollywood	-110 10	-110 51

Best home line	Recent line moves

Team News

New Orleans Saints
How good are the Saints? NFL \| Nov 22 2009 Saints leave Bush, Ellis at home ESPN.com \| Nov 21 2009 Knees shelve Saints RB Bush, DT Ellis vs. Bucs ESPN.com \| Nov 21 2009 Death of Saints QB Brees' mother ruled suicide ESPN.com \| Nov 21 2009 Saints RB Bush misses two practices this week ESPN.com \| Nov 20 2009 MORE STORIES >>

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Saints tie Bucs, 7-7, on Meachem TD catch Tampa Bay Online \| Nov 22 2009 Kickin' back with Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Connor Barth St. Petersburg Times \| Nov 22 2009 The Point After: New Orleans Saints, Drew Brees next in line to extend season of misery for Tampa Bay Buccaneers St. Petersburg Times \| Nov 22 2009 After years of neglect, Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense a clunker St. Petersburg Times \| Nov 22 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman has a mentor who is a foe, too St. Petersburg Times \| Nov 22 2009 MORE STORIES >>

Matchup Edge

NO	Edge in:	TB

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Weather

Current Conditions - Tampa

M/CLOUDY 80 °F
Wind: SSW 12
5-Day Forecast

Statistics

Overall \| In-Depth
Off	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	36.8 17.4	426.2 276.3	274.0 177.6	152.2 98.8	4.8 4.1	8.5 5.4
Def	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	21.9 28.4	343.0 379.2	227.0 211.9	116.0 167.3	4.5 4.9	6.1 7.7

Home/Away \| In-Depth \| Last 3 HA
Off	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	37.2 17.4	408.2 260.0	234.2 160.8	174.0 99.2	5.7 4.2	7.4 5.5
Def	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	21.5 29.8	368.5 399.8	255.5 222.2	113.0 177.6	4.5 4.9	6.2 8.1

Grass/Turf \| In-Depth
Off	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	47.0 17.7	417.5 272.1	282.0 171.7	135.5 100.4	4.8 4.1	7.8 5.4
Def	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	28.0 29.6	398.5 385.4	287.5 219.3	111.0 166.1	4.4 4.9	6.5 7.9

Last 3 \| In-Depth
Off	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	31.0 22.7	424.0 273.7	279.3 176.3	144.7 97.3	5.0 3.6	8.9 5.9
Def	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
NO TB	23.3 29.3	415.7 397.3	254.3 238.7	161.3 158.7	5.3 5.0	6.8 7.2

ATS \| In-Depth
	ATS	Home	Away	Grass	Turf
NO TB	6-3-0 3-6-0	3-2-0 1-4-0	3-1-0 2-2-0	2-0-0 2-5-0	4-3-0 1-1-0

Over/Under \| In-Depth
	O/U	Home	Away	Grass	Turf	Total
NO TB	6-3-0 6-3-0	3-2-0 3-2-0	3-1-0 3-1-0	2-0-0 5-2-0	4-3-0 1-1-0	58.7 45.9