NFL week 6 free picks against the spread are here. Matt Rivers has the NFL spread winner for Sunday is on the Buccaneers +4 at SportsBook .
There’s no doubt that Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints are still clearly the more talented and superior team when compared to Raheem Morris’ Bucs but until the Saints put together a good game I just don’t see how they can be laying north of a field goal on the road like this.
Sean Payton’s team has literally yet to play a good game. The opening drive against the Vikings was awesome and it appeared as if New Orleans was ready to defend their Super Bowl championship but after that not much has gone right. Garret Hartley forgot how to make field goals, Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas both got hurt and are both out once again and the high flying Saints just lost in Arizona against a very mediocre Cardinals team to drop to 3-2 on the season and in second place behind what looks like a better Atlanta Falcons team.
The Saints have allowed more points than they have scored with 102 compared to only 99 points for and in the three wins have only outscored their opponents by a combined 10 points. Oh and one other thing the three teams they beat are the 0-5 49ers, the 0-5 Panthers and the 1-3 Vikings. I guess when you’re the champs and have the offensive potential that they have you can turn things around but on the road against the upstart 3-1 Bucs just does not seem like the time to me.
Tampa Bay last week won as a big dog in Cincinnati in overtime to improve to a semi shocking 3-1. Josh Freeman and the Bucs certainly won’t wow many people but Cadillac and Mike Williams are pretty good weapons and Kellen Winslow may not be in the midst of his best season but don’t doubt this “soldier” as he still has a ton of game.
The bottom line is that Brees and his boys are banged up, have lost confidence and frankly just aren’t very good right now. They may win this game on sheer talent alone but I’m willing to bet they will not cover this number in the end.
The pick: Tampa Bay +4
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