The NFL stages its first Saturday night game of the season this week and it’s
the home finale for the Tampa Bay Bucs, who probably can’t wait for the season
to end. The Buccaneers look to end a seven-game losing streak when they host
Dallas, with the Cowboys as 7-point favorites on Bovada’s NFL football odds. There will be live betting
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The Cowboys (7-6) would be out of the playoff if
they started today. Dallas is tied with the New York Giants atop the NFC East
but would currently lose the head-to-head tiebreaker after blowing a 12-point
lead with less than four minutes to play at New York last Sunday in a 37-34
loss. The good news is that Dallas still controls its playoff destiny – if the
Cowboys win out, they will be NFC East champs because they face the Giants again
to close the season. The bad news is that Dallas lost star rookie RB
DeMarco Murray for the season last week to a broken ankle. He
finished his season with 897 yards, with a franchise-record 253 coming in one
game. Felix Jones will again assume the role of featured back;
he rushed for 106 yards last week and caught six passes.
With Murray
out, Dallas could go pass-heavy against the Bucs’ No. 29 defense. QB
Tony Romo threw for 321 yards and four scores against the
Giants. In two career starts vs. Tampa Bay, Romo is 2-0 and has completed 67.9
percent of his passes for 659 yards, with eight touchdowns and no interceptions
for a passer rating of 147.2.
The Bucs (4-9) were considered a likely
playoff team this year after a 10-6 season a year ago, but now coach
Raheem Morris’ job is on the line in what could be his final
home game. Tampa Bay’s seventh straight loss last week was perhaps the worst, a
41-14 blowout at Jacksonville. The Bucs actually led 14-0 but allowed the Jags
to score 28 points in less than eight minutes of the fourth quarter.
Jacksonville hadn’t scored more than 20 points all year. And the Bucs committed
seven turnovers. QB Josh Freeman intercepted twice and lost a
fumble last week and has regressed big-time this year. After throwing for 25 TDs
and six interceptions in 2010, Freeman has 12 TD passes and 18 interceptions
this year.
The Bucs haven’t lost eight in a row in the same season in 24
years but have dropped three straight to Dallas, with the last coming in 2009.
Cowboys are 0-5 ATS in past five vs. a team with a losing record. Bucs are 1-6
ATS overall in their past seven.
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