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@WizeOwlSports
Jan 22, 20221 min read
NFL Playoffs: Divisional Round Teaser Worth Considering
In 2021-22 Divisional Round NFL Playoff action, we are bundling the Rams at Bucs and the Bills at Chiefs into a two-leg, six point teaser...


@WizeOwlSports
Nov 13, 20212 min read
2021 NFL Week 10: Teasing Wentz and Brady Sunday
We are combining the Colts (vs. the Jags) & the Bucs (at Washington) in a 7-point teaser in NFL week 10 play, as our power rankings...


@WizeOwlSports
Oct 24, 20211 min read
2021 NFL Week 7 Action: Three OVERs Worth Considering
We identify three games from the 2021 week 7 NFL slate where we expect aggregate scoring to exceed the market's expectations...


@WizeOwlSports
Oct 1, 20213 min read
2021 NFL Week 4: Capping with Pythagoras
Backing two home dogs in 2021 week 4 NFL action: the New England Patriots vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings vs Cleveland Browns


@WizeOwlSports
Sep 26, 20210 min read
2021 NFL Week 3: A Pack of Dogs Worth Considering
Inline with the tendency for NFL underdogs to cover the spread early, we like the Colts, Jaguars, Dolphins, Saints & Rams vs week 3 spreads


@WizeOwlSports
Sep 15, 20213 min read
2021 NFL Week 2: Atlanta Falcons & Tampa Bay Buccaneers
For week 2 NFL action, we make a strong case for the Atlanta Falcons cover at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in this AFC South showdown...


@WizeOwlSports
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Superbowl LV: Kansas City Chiefs @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
We have observed several reasons to back the Bucs to cover Superbowl LV, including objective power-rankings based indications that make...


@WizeOwlSports
Jan 19, 20212 min read
2020 NFL AFC Conference Championship: Aggressive Betting Opportunity Arises
Great Spot for a 2-Pick Parlay: Packers -3 (-140) and Bucs/Packers o51 (-110) +231 We have observed that in NFL Conference Championship...


@WizeOwlSports
Jan 19, 20212 min read
2020 NFC Championship: Siding with the Home Favorite
As a rule, back underdogs in the NFL playoffs. The simple strategy of taking the points in post-season action has delivered a 54% win...


@WizeOwlSports
Jan 17, 20211 min read
2020 NFL NFC Divisional Round: Tampa Bay Bucs @ New Orleans Saints
The Bucs will enter Sunday's action riding a five-game game straight-up win streak, including an eight-point Wildcard victory over the...


@WizeOwlSports
Dec 8, 20203 min read
2020 NFL Week 14: Minnesota Vikings @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rather atypically, our power rankings framework ascribes a pretty wide margin to the Bucs' expected edge over the Vikings in week 14 NFL...


@WizeOwlSports
Oct 8, 20202 min read
NFL 2020 Week 5 TNF: Backing the OVER in Showdown Between Elite Defenses
The Bucs will enter week 5 with the second best overall defense in the NFL, per Football Outsiders Defense-adjusted Value Over Average...


@WizeOwlSports
Oct 6, 20202 min read
NFL 2020 Week 5 TNF: A Return to Normalcy (at Least Temporarily)?
Our computer simulation work endorses the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to collect the cover in the fifth installment of the 2020 NFL season's...


@WizeOwlSports
Sep 16, 20205 min read
2020 NFL Week 2: An Uber Profitable Angle on a Handful of Underdogs
Favorites opened the 2020 NFL season with an 8-7 ATS showing in week 1. Our primary framework for handicapping NFL, a sim-based power...


@WizeOwlSports
Sep 16, 20203 min read
2020 NFL Week 2: Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Our power rankings framework makes the new-look Bucs to be about 4-7 points better than the new-look Panthers on a neutral field. And we...


@WizeOwlSports
Sep 11, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 2 Thursday Night Football: Bucs @ Panthers
Our primary NFL handicapping approach sees the Panthers at home as about 6 1/2 points better than a traveling Buccaneers team in the second


@WizeOwlSports
Oct 5, 20172 min read
NFL Week 5 Thursday Night Football: New England Patriots @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New England Patriots @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers +6 -115
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@WizeOwlSports
Nov 3, 20162 min read
NFL Week 9 Thursday Night Football: Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Bucs
Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Bucs +4.0 -107 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida November 3, 2016, 5:25PM PDT In the wake of the losing...

@WizeOwlSports
Sep 25, 20143 min read
2014 NFL Week 4: Five Official Plays & One Lean, Including a Bet on Thursday Night Football
Our unoriginal (but nonetheless profitable) approach to handicapping NFL football is based primarily on cross checks of quantitative...

@WizeOwlSports
Sep 18, 20142 min read
2014NFL Week 3: Betting 3 Games ATS, Including Thursday Night & Monday Night Football
Our methodology for betting NFL games is both less organic and less robust than our approach to handicapping college football....
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