Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints — Prediction & Odds, NFL Week 18 2026

Sunday, January 10, 2027 · 12:00 PM CT · Caesars Superdome (indoors)

Game preview

The market makes Tampa Bay Buccaneers a 1.5-point favourite over New Orleans Saints, with the game total at 43.5.

Moneylines sit at -125 for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and +105 for New Orleans Saints, a devigged 47% win probability for New Orleans Saints; splitting the spread and total leaves market-implied team totals of 22.5 for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 21 for New Orleans Saints.

The Sport Stack's nflsim engine projects Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Baker Mayfield (QB) at 221 passing yards and 20 rushing yards, Bucky Irving (RB) at 55 rushing yards and 25 receiving yards; New Orleans Saints — Tyler Shough (QB) at 262 passing yards and 19 rushing yards, Chris Olave (WR) at 82 receiving yards and 6.6 catches.

Kickoff is Sunday, January 10, 2027 · 12:00 PM CT, at Caesars Superdome, indoors.

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Consensus market (intraday)

Consensus market for Buccaneers at Saints — lines as of Sun, 9/13 · 12:16 PM CT
MarketConsensus
SpreadTB -1.5
Total43.5
Moneyline (TB / NO)-125 / +105
NO implied win probability47%
Implied team totals (TB — NO)22.5 — 21.0

Devigged cross-book consensus, updated as lines move. See the power ratings for the model's implied line on any matchup.

Player projections

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 22.5 proj pts
Baker Mayfield (QB) — 221 pass yds · 20 rush yds
Bucky Irving (RB) — 55 rush yds · 25 rec yds
Emeka Egbuka (WR) — 2 rush yds · 48 rec yds
New Orleans Saints · 21.0 proj pts
Tyler Shough (QB) — 262 pass yds · 19 rush yds
Chris Olave (WR) — 82 rec yds · 6.6 rec
Travis Etienne (RB) — 37 rush yds · 26 rec yds

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