Buccaneers vs. Patriots Same Game Parlay Picks and Player Props
It’s here— Tom Brady’s first NFL game as a visitor to Gillette Stadium. Let that sink in for a moment. A 44-year-old Tom Brady, leading his defending-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is coming to Foxboro to square off against the New England Patriots. The team with which he won three MVPs and six Super Bowls.
Everybody will have a stake in this game. There are the Patriot haters, who will relish the opportunity to root for the underdogs to get crushed by their former franchise player. There are the Tom Brady haters (yes, they do exist), who will be heavily hoorah-ing for the home squad. And of course, there are the bettors—those of us who root for nothing more than the bottom line: our sportsbook account balances and/or our reputation as betting analysts.
As I am a member of category No. 3 (sorry, New England—my career comes before my hometown squad), this game has me very interested in the Same Game Parlay options available to us on PointsBet.
A Same Game Parlay basically just means a parlay consisting of multiple correlated wagers from one specific game. It provides bettors with good options to bet a game—and piece together props into a parlay within that game—beyond just the standard spread, moneyline, and over/under totals.
Here’s an example of my Same Game Parlay for last week’s Sunday Night Football game (between Green Bay and San Francisco), which I recommended to readers last Sunday morning:
- Green Bay Packers Total: OVER 21.5 (-140)
- ANYTIME TOUCHDOWN SCORER: Aaron Jones (-110)
- ANYTIME SCORER: Davante Adams (+100)
- George Kittle to Get 75+ Receiving Yards (-230)
Total Odds: +834 | Bet: $100 | Total Payout: $934
If you played this custom-made parlay, you would have woken up $834 richer Monday morning.
It’s quick, it’s simple, and it’s a super fun way of betting one specific game—and building a big potential payout—without being confined to the typical lines and spreads.
Let’s dive into our favorite Same Game Parlay bets for this epic Sunday Night Football showdown, and let’s make some more money!
Patriots vs. Buccaneers Same Game Parlay
- Spread: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -7 (+100)
- Total: OVER 49.5 (-110)
- Anytime Touchdown Scorer: Antonio Brown (+160)
- Home Team First Touchdown Scorer: Jakobi Meyers (+400)
- Quarterback Passing Yards: Tom Brady Over 306.5 Passing Yards (-115)
Total Same Game Parlay Odds (5 Legs): +1655
To Bet: $44 | To Win: $1973.84 | Total Payout: $2,017.84
Spread: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -7 (+100)
I bet with my head, and not my heart. Other Massholes may be going with the “In Belichick we trust” mantra, but I’m going with the better team. Brady has almost as much experience in the league as Patriots rookie QB Mac Jones has on this planet, and the Bucs enjoy a much deeper, more prolific offense. With or without Rob Gronkowski, Brady should have his way with his former team tonight. Antonio Brown, Chris Godwin, and Mike Evans are light-years ahead of New England’s wide receiver corps.
Besides, hell hath no fury like a Hall of Fame QB scorned. Based on the rumblings we have been hearing throughout the week, Brady did not experience a “conscious uncoupling” with Bill Belichick. For the GOAT, the motivation to crush the souls of Patriots Nation will be strong.
It doesn’t hurt that Brady will also be chasing a few milestones on this primetime showcase, something he’s no stranger to since entering the league at the start of the century. The 14-time Pro Bowler needs just 68 passing yards to surpass Drew Brees for the most of all time. He needs 350 air yards for the most all-time in a single stadium. And if he topples the Pats, he will become the fourth QB to defeat all 32 NFL teams, joining Brees, Brett Favre, and Peyton Manning.
Total: OVER 49.5 (-110)
Of course, we are going with the OVER. The over hit in the first six primetime contests of the season, and it has only missed once so far—the Panthers-Texans game last Thursday night. Hell, if not for the Christian McCaffrey injury, maybe the over would be going on a run akin to Matt Amodio on Jeopardy! (dorky kind of pop culture reference for the win!).
I already told you I think Brady will pile it on, for various reasons including the infamous ‘revenge’ factor, the nostalgia of being in front of Pats fans in New England again, and wanting to grab a couple more records at 44. Do you doubt Brady and the Bucs? They have put up 31, 48, and 24 points, respectively, and the 24 points was in Los Angeles against a Super Bowl-caliber Rams team. This Bucs squad is 1-2 in a Super Bowl-defending season. It could be a bloodbath, which means muchos puntos, senores y senoras. Yo soy fiesta. Gronk spikes menos Gronk.
Anytime Touchdown Scorer: Antonio Brown (+160)
Speaking of Gronk spikes without Gronk, the future Hall-of-Fame tight end did not practice with the Buccaneers after suffering a rib injury last weekend against LA. Total bummer, but no big surprise. Head coach Bruce Arians must be careful with his cheat code, who proved to be an x-factor in Tampa’s Super Bowl run. Plus, Gronk would have upstaged Brady—everyone knows the applause would have been greater for the goofy, fun-loving, and dominating tight end.
But I digress. Gronk’s absence means elevated opportunity and an increased target share for Brady’s other bromigo, Antonio Brown. AB missed last week due to COVID protocols, and he was quiet the week before in Tampa’s blowout over Atlanta. The embattled wideout will look to reprise his Week 1 performance against Dallas, when he five passes for 121 yards and a score.
AB’s second TD should come tonight at some point. He has his own reasons for being motivated against this Patriots team—Belichick released him amid off-the-field controversies in 2019. Since then, he’s stayed pretty quiet off the field, won a Super Bowl ring with Tom Terrific on the field, and demonstrated that he can still dominate secondaries with his rare skill set. At +160, I’m big into this prop.
Home Team First Touchdown Scorer: Jakobi Meyers (+400)
Now we’re getting spicy, which means keep away from this leg if you’re a conservative bettor. I personally bet lower amounts on parlays with higher potential payouts (most of the time), so I’m going for the gold with Jakobi Meyers. This kid has been really, really good this season—and he had a solid 2020 despite New England’s QB issues—but he has yet to score an NFL touchdown.
How is this even possible!? In his three-year career, Meyers has 104 receptions for 1,264 yards, with a 68.9 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards-per-catch average. The end zone has seemingly bellowed to poor Jakobi “you shall not pass!”
Here’s betting the 24-year-old breaks the plane tonight. Game script will dictate a ton of pass attempts for Mac-Daddy, and chances are good that New England will be playing from behind. Jones has clearly established a rapport with Meyers, who hauled in 9-of-14 targets for 94 yards against a strong Saints squad last week.
Quarterback Passing Yards: Tom Brady Over 306.5 Passing Yards (-115)
I had to go there, fellow Pats fans. Sorry—it’s just too easy! Brady remains a yardage beast, he has fantastic weapons on the outside, and his motivation to rack up yardage has perhaps never been so strong. Also, his running game has never been so weak—seriously, I’m seeing Leonard Fournette and Ronald Jones II on some waiver wires in shallow leagues.
Brady has two games above 306.5 this season—opening night of the 2021 NFL season against Dallas, when he posted 379 air yards, and last week in LA when he put up a whopping 432. News flash: Belichick’s boys are good, but the Rams defense borders on greatest of all time. I think 306.5 yards is the absolute, Sloan-cold, lock of the day.
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