#272 ASA PLAY ON 8* New Orleans Saints +2.5 over Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday at 1:00 PM ET - Scheduling clearly favors the Saints here. Tampa Bay is on the road for the 2nd straight week after a big win in Dallas. New Orleans needed a come-from-behind effort in Atlanta to win. Were the Saints looking ahead to this game? Surprisingly, Tampa won last week in Dallas with their rushing attack. The Bucs rushed for 152 yards last week, but will that work this weekend against a Saints defense that was 4th in rushing D a year ago allowing just 93.5RYPG. A big question for New Orleans is how well QB Winston can manage the offense. He played well in the opener with 269 passing yards, 3 TD’s on 23 of 34 attempts. Saints WR Michael Thomas also made an immediate impact with 2 TD’s in his first game back since injury. The biggest factor in this game is going to be pressuring the quarterback. Dallas got to Brady twice last week and you need to pressure Brady to have a shot at winning. New Orleans was 8th in sacks a year ago and should spend plenty of time in the Bucs backfield. Last year at home the Saints were +4 and won with backup QB Trevor Siemian. The Saints sacked Brady 3 times in that game and forced him into 2 interceptions. In the 2nd meeting the Saints won again and sacked Brady 4 times with another INT. Since Tom Brady joined the Bucs the Saints are 4-1 SU/ATS with a net differential of Plus + 54 total points. Take the home dog here.