TB B-tier pick hits. Model was directionally correct.
NAILED IT
Model projected TB by 5.5. Actual: 3 points. The model was within 2.5 points of the real margin.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 9 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
COVERED
This pick covered the spread by 1.5 points.
Another data point for the model. B-tier picks continue to track.
BETTING LINE
SOURCE
TB
ATL
Closing line
-115
-105
Our fair price
-193
+193
Our fair price carries no vig, so it is what the bet is worth, not what anyone will offer you.
SPREAD TB -1.5 · nflverse market average, not one book's number
RESULT Won · +$0.81
OUR NUMBER
66%
MARKET, VIG REMOVED
51%
DIFFERENCE
+15%
Both figures are for TB. The market number strips the margin out first, so the two sides are measured the same way.
SITUATIONAL TRENDS
Historical splits, shown for context only. We tested them: picking the situations that beat break-even in training goes 770–760 (50.3%) out of sample, so they are not a betting signal and are not coloured like one.
Our model takes Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 66% win probability, a Tier B pick. The margin models project TB by 5.5. The market has TB at -1.5.
Week 1 of the 2025 season, SUN 1:00 PM.
Atlanta Falcons, ATL 29, TB 28 in Week 15 of 2025.
By net EPA per play over the 2025 season, Atlanta Falcons: TB -0.022 against ATL -0.018.
WHAT PRO ADDS
Every stat on this page is free, and so is the model's pick for this game. Pro is the separate question of which games we would actually bet, and at what stake, plus player props, unit sizing, and the full profit-and-loss ledger.