A date in the NFC Championship Game to face the San Francisco 49ers will be on the line when the Detroit Lions host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a NFC Divisional Round Playoff Game on Sunday at Ford Field. The Lions (13-5) have not reached the conference title game since the 1991 season. That’s tied for the second longest active drought in the league, behind only the Browns, who haven’t been to the conference championship game since the 1989 season. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers (10-8) are looking to reach the NFC Championship Game for the fifth time in franchise history and second time in four seasons. The winner will visit the top-seeded 49ers, who rallied to beat the Packers, 24-21, on Saturday.
Kickoff is at 3 p.m. ET in Detroit. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Lions as six-point favorites, while the over/under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 49.5 in the latest Buccaneers vs. Lions odds. Before you make any Lions vs. Buccaneers picks, you need to see the NFL predictions and betting advice from SportsLine’s advanced computer simulation model.
The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters the divisional round of the 2024 NFL playoffs on an incredible 183-129 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season. It is also on a 37-21 roll on top-rated picks since Week 7 of last season and nailed seven straight top-rated picks entering the 2024 NFL playoffs.
The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past six years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94% of CBS Sports Football Pick’em players four times during that span. Anyone who has followed it is way up.
Now, the model has set its sights on Buccaneers vs. Lions and just locked in its picks and NFL predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks. Now, here are several NFL odds and betting lines for Buccaneers vs. Lions:
- Buccaneers vs. Lions spread: Lions -6
- Buccaneers vs. Lions over/under: 49.5 points
- Buccaneers vs. Lions money line: Lions -273, Buccaneers +222
- TB: Buccaneers are 8-1 against the spread in road games
- DET: Lions are 5-4 against the spread in home games
- Buccaneers vs. Lions picks: See picks at SportsLine
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