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Washington Commanders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Live Stream & Tips – Bucs To Cover In NFL Playoffs Win

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Tampa Bay predicted to win over Washington again
Baker Mayfield key player for Bucs' offense
Tampa has strong recent form, winning 6 of last 7

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Washington Commanders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Predictions & Tips

Washington Commanders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Predictions & Tips
Head To Head
Washington Commanders Form
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Washington Commanders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Predictions & Tips

Tampa Bay are backed to repeat their Week 1 win over Washington.

Baker Mayfield can light up this Commanders’ secondary once again, while the defense can slow down a Washington run game that has been the backbone for the offenses’ success.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won 6 of their last 7 games
Tampa Bay have covered in 3 of their last 4 home games
Washington Commanders have failed to cover in their last 3 road games
The Over has cashed in 11 of Tampa Bay’s previous 14 games

Head To Head

The all-time series is tied at 13-13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 37-20 when the two teams last met on September 8

Washington Commanders Form

Washington head to Tampa riding a five-game win streak that saw them finish the regular season with a 12-5 record.

The Commanders opened the season with a 37-20 defeat in Tampa, only to rebound strong with seven wins in their next eight games.

Their form collapsed In November though, as then sandwiched a 26-18 road defeat to Philadelphia with home losses against Pittsburgh, 28-27, and Dallas, 34-26.

Washington have not lost since the start of December though, with the 42-19 blowout of Tennessee proving to be the start of a five-game tear.

The Commanders then beat New Orleans 20-19, upset Philadelphia 36-33, downed Atlanta 30-24 in overtime, and ran out 23-19 winners at Dallas.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Form

Tampa Bay go into this postseason having won six of their final regular season games to finish with a 10-7 record.

The Buccaneers beat playoff opponents Washington on opening weekend, 37-20, and then downed Detroit on the road, 26-7.

They won just two of the next four though, and then endured a four-game losing skid that threatened to derail their season.

Tampa Bay stopped the rot in late November though, beating the New York Giants 30-7 on the road, and backed that up by winning the next three games.

The Buccaneers’ run was ended by a 26-24 loss at Dallas, but they responded immediately to close out the regular season with a 48-14 blowout of Carolina and a 27-19 victory over New Orleans.

Verdict

WAS Commanders @ TB Buccaneers

Washington have improved since the Week 1 meeting, but we still like Tampa Bay in this one.

Baker Mayfield took apart this secondary in the season-opener and can lead the Bucs to another victory here.

Tampa Bay -3.0

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