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2026 · Week 15 · Division

Scheduled

Saints

New Orleans

@

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

Total

Model margin

-2.4est.

TB perspective

Push chance

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Saintsedge mapBuccaneers
  • +0.030EPA / play-0.081
  • 44.3%Success rate51.8%
  • +0.067EPA / dropback-0.168
  • -0.075EPA / rush+0.118
  • 9.1%Explosive rate5.4%
  • -1.21CPOE+14.02
  • 47.1%Third-down rate50.0%
  • 80.0%Red-zone TD rate50.0%
  • 2.20Points / drive1.44
  • 3.4%Turnover rate7.1%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

NO lead 28–23 since 1999

Meetings average 44.2 points. TB are 24-27 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14NO @ TB2420NO
2025 · W8TB @ NO233TB
2024 · W18NO @ TB1927TB
2024 · W6TB @ NO5127TB
2023 · W17NO @ TB2313NO
2023 · W4TB @ NO269TB
2022 · W13NO @ TB1617TB
2022 · W2TB @ NO2010TB

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-4.59
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-2.37