Betting: Will Bucs cover -10.5 vs. Giants?
Ariel Epstein, Jared Quay and Pamela Maldonado break down their betting picks for the Monday Night Football matchup between the Giants and Buccaneers.
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ARIEL EPSTEIN: Welcome to Yahoo Sportsbook with Jared Quay, Pam Maldonado. I'm Ariel Epstein. Let's break down Monday Night Football. This game is disgusting.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing 10 and 1/2 points. This total is at 49 and 1/2. I hated betting this game, however, I know we all have a side that we're confident in. Jared, you go first.
JARED QUAY: All right, so we've got to save our money on Monday, which is great. I don't-- I like picking the favorites. It hasn't been great for me, so I'm going with the over here, OK? I know Tom Brady, I know Bruce Arians.
They're going to score and make sure their offense works. They're not trying to run the clock out. Meanwhile, the Giants are going to go against one of the best run defenses in the game, which means they can't run the ball, which means they have to throw. I'm hoping for a couple of garbage time touchdowns and maybe Daniel Jones can get lucky, throw some miracle magic, but I still think Tom Brady and his company is just going to score a ton of points, so I'm, like, in the over 49 here.
ARIEL EPSTEIN: Jared, I love that, that's a tease because we're probably on the same page. Pam, you go first, though.
PAMELA MALDONADO: I like the Bucs lane minus 10 and 1/2 at home. Tampa Bay at home, a good team. Tampa Bay on the road, not a good team. The Bucs have an average of 41 points per game scored at home this season for a league high, while only putting up an average of 23 points on the road.
Now you have a Bucs quarterback in Tom Brady who leads in passing touchdowns with 27, 18 of which were scored at his home stadium. In four home games, Brady has thrown for either four or five passing touchdowns. Giants quarterback in Daniel Jones, just three red zone touchdowns on 34 attempts. The Giants, they're not going to be able to keep up here. Brady at home is the play.
ARIEL EPSTEIN: We're all pretty much on the same page. Tampa Bay is awesome at home. They're averaging just about 31 points per game this season, which ranks third in the NFL. I'm going on Jared's side, taking this over.
When you look at how good these teams have been to the over, the Giants have been hitting the over at 75% when booked as a road underdog. Tampa Bay's hitting at 75% when they're booked as a home favorite. I'm just going over here.
To recap all of our plays, Jared and I on the over and Pam is laying the points with the home favorite, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 10 and 1/2. Bet $1.00 on any game and win $100 free. Sign up now at BetMGM.com/YahooSpecial.
