It all comes down to this. A new year also brings us the last week of the NFL’s regular season, and it’s not a meaningless week by any means. Four teams are still in a fight for their playoff lives, and playoff seeding is on the line elsewhere. For my best bet for Saturday, January 3rd: NFL Predictions, we’re off to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, for a do-or-die NFC South game. Let’s get this money!
Best Bet For Saturday (January 3rd): NFL Predictions
Carolina Panthers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Start Time: 4:30 PM EST
The NFC South really stinks as a division. It’s the worst in the conference, for sure, and neck and neck with the AFC North as the worst division in the whole league. However, there is plenty of drama at the top of the division heading into Week 18 action.
Three of the four teams still have a shot at the NFC South title, with two of them, the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, battling tomorrow in Florida to help decide things. If the Panthers win, they are the champs. If the Bucs win, they’ll need some help from the New Orleans Saints (by beating the Atlanta Falcons) to end up atop the heap.
And I’m predicting that Tampa Bay will at least hold up its end of the bargain. And cover the spread, which is all we degens really care about. My number crunching has brought me to the line of Tampa Bay -5
Best Bet: Tampa Bay -2.5 (-114)
Best Bet Overall Record: 324-317 (51%)
Profit (based on $100/bet): -($3,963.43)
Return on Investment: -6%
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