Falcons Vs. Buccaneers: Odds, Analysis, Picks For ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game
Editor’s note: NESN.com’s Mike Cole, Ricky Doyle and Andre Khatchaturian deliver their NFL picks every Thursday of the season, and here’s who they like in the Atlanta Falcons-Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 9 game, with the line from OddsShark.
(-3.5) Atlanta Falcons (5-3) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-4), Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
Mike: Falcons. It’s always tough going on the road and winning a divisional Thursday night game, but the Bucs defense is just a few days removed from Derek Carr carving it up to the tune of 500 yards and four touchdown passes. Now, Tampa Bay gets Matt Ryan? Mercy.
Ricky: Falcons. Atlanta’s offense is just too much in this matchup. Simple as that.
Andre: Falcons. Last season, the Bucs had one of the best defenses in terms of yards per play. This year, they have one of the worst (5.9 yards per play, 26th) and it?s mainly because of their pass defense, which is allowing a whopping eight yards per play. That?s not going to fly against the Falcons’ explosive offense, which averages 9.4 yards per pass attempt (easily the best mark in the league).
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