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Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
100 0 100 45 34 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
TB's offense (16th in rushing) draws NO's #16 rush defense. TB rates the 11-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
TB #16  |  NO #16
Def
Def
TB #8  |  NO #30
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
TB #24  |  NO #18
Def
Def
TB #24  |  NO #22
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
TB 41  |  NO 22

Last 3 Meetings

2025-12-07
NO 24–TB 20
2025-10-26
TB 23–NO 3
2025-01-05
NO 19–TB 27
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.