After being featured in prime time by kicking off the recent Monday Night Football doubleheader, Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a divisional rivalry against the New Orleans Saints. As the MVP hopefully takes on the young Spencer Rattler and company, we’ve got our best Buccaneers vs. Saints predictions for Week 8.

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Buccaneers vs. Saints Predictions for NFL Week 8, Sunday 10/26

For the recent Monday Night Football doubleheader, we gave out several Detroit Lions player props focused on the passing game, and boy, did Amon-Ra St. Brown help us deliver. We targeted those markets to exploit the weaker unit of the Tampa Bay defense, and now it’s time to find another valuable spot for our Buccaneers vs. Saints predictions.

We know that it won’t be regarding Mike Evans, who, soon after returning from his hamstring injury, broke his collarbone on MNF. Along with an injured Chris Godwin, guys like Tez Johnson will need to step up, so at least facing this 1-6 Saints team should give them some reprieve to bounce back from the MNF loss.

Even with that loss, the Bucs are still among the best in the NFL with their 5-2 record, and they also handled New Orleans with relative ease last season. In fact, in the last six meetings between these NFC South rivals, Tampa has won five of them. Of course, we’ll be factoring in those recent meetings into our Buccaneers vs. Saints predictions.
 

 

 

Buccaneers vs. Saints Best Bet: Rachaad White Over 58.5 Rushing Yards (-107 at Novig)

To immediately knock out the overall theme of our approach - we’re attacking the New Orleans defense. We want to get that out of the way so that we can use our time to share just how intriguing of a unit it is to break down and ultimately, share multiple suggestions for Buccaneers vs. Saints picks.

In terms of the “stronger” unit, from a yardage and overall standpoint, it’d be through the air. After all, their most impactful player is arguably pass rusher Cameron Jordan. The Saints have the NFL’s eighth-worst EPA/pass, but at the same time, allow only a little over 200 passing yards per game. That said, they’ve allowed the fourth-most passing TDs.

With that in mind, you could consider Emeka Egbuka to find the endzone rather than his yardage prop, assuming his health. However, it’s still not the primary focus of our Buccaneers vs. Saints predictions. While their EPA/rush is elite and they don’t allow a ton of rushing TDs, they’ve allowed the ninth-most rushing yards per game.

Let’s pair that with their games against the Bucs last season. In those matchups, Tampa had Bucky Irving (89 yards & a TD) and Baker Mayfield (68 yards) torch them, and in the other, Bucky Irving 81 yards & a TD) and Sean Tucker (136 yards & a TD) cruised through them. Now, it’s Rachaad White’s turn.

Of course, if Bucky Irving comes back healthy this weekend, we’ll assess the usage from there, but for now, the best bet from our Buccaneers vs. Saints prediction is Rachaad White over 58.5 rushing yards (-107 at Novig).
 

 

 

How To Watch Buccaneers vs. Saints NFL Week 8

For the first iteration of this NFC South rivalry this season, they’ll be in the Bayou, and here’s how to watch Buccaneers vs. Saints NFL Week 8:

  • Where: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
  • When: 4:05 PM ET on 10/26
  • Watch on TV: FOX
  • Where to stream: YouTubeTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV
     
 

 

Buccaneers vs. Saints Odds, Spreads, Total & Betting Lines

It likely doesn’t come as a surprise to any fan out there, but even on the road, the Buccaneers vs. Saints odds for Sunday at Novig Sportsbook clearly favor Baker Mayfield and Tampa: 

 

 

Buccaneers vs. Saints Injury Report & Latest News

Undeniably, the biggest Buccaneers vs. Saints injury news is that of Mike Evans and his broken collarbone. However, we know that he’s done for the year, so we need to actually monitor Bucky Irving, Emeka Egbuka and Chris Godwin. We also saw Haason Reddick leave MNF early, putting him into the Buccaneers vs. Saints injury report.

In New Orleans, it’s really just Erik McCoy and Isaac Yiadom on our radar. Of course, you can keep every player on your radar when you bookmark the Fantasy Alarm NFL injury report! 
 

 

 

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