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San Francisco 49ers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gambling Prediction & Week 15 Preview

San Francisco vs. Tampa Bay NFL Football Spread/Handicapping

San Francisco got a great win over Seattle last week, really great because those guys were looking pretty unbeatable lately. The 49ers have won their last three games and with their quarterback coming around they are starting to look more like a team with a shot to return to the Super Bowl.

San Francisco 49ers (9-4) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-9)
Sunday December 15
Raymond James Stadium
1:00PM
Moneyline: San Francisco -240, Tampa Bay +200
Spread: San Francisco -5
O/U: 41

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Tampa Bay will not be making the playoffs this year but their recent success means that this season will not be a historic disaster.

San Francisco

Looking at the past three games you can see some real improvement in the play of quarterback Colin Kaepernick. His numbers were just good enough against Seattle last week but the two weeks prior he had QB ratings of over 100, showing some of the flash and dash we were expecting from him all season but has been rare to find.

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The 49ers have been happy to welcome top receiver Michael Crabtree back to the lineup but they are still struggling with injuries, now to their offensive line which is key to the success of their ground game – 6th in the league. Ranked even better than that is their defense which is 4th in yards and 3rd in points allowed.

In this one they don’t need either CK or the defense to play out of their mind . Just to the standards they have set.
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Tampa Bay

I have probably written this before but kudos to Tampa Bay for not completely giving up on their season – it would have been so easy. They have won 4 of their last 5 games and last week they really stuck it to the Buffalo Bills.

Amazingly they won so handily even though QB Mike Glennon had the worst performance of his career to date, neither completing 50% of his passes nor breaking even 100 yards through the air.

The beat the Bills so badly because the defense came up big. They picked off rookie QB E.J. Manuel 4 times and sacked him 7 times. Any time you make an opposing QB look that bad you are going to get a victory, even if you are the Bucs.

I was surprised at the sack total especially because Manuel is a strong and mobile QB, like CK.

If the Bucs can put that kind of pressure on him maybe there is another victory in their future this week.

Spread Pick: San Francisco -5
O/U Pick: Over
Score Prediction: San Francisco 31 – Tampa Bay 14

By The Wiesguy

The Wiesguy is a newcomer to the handicapping scene. Hailing from Toronto, Canada he is always sweet on the underdogs and you can often find his thoughts, musings and picks at moneydogs.blogspot.com.