A pair of red-hot teams clash when the sixth-seeded Washington Commanders meet the third-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFL Wild Card Weekend matchup on Sunday night. Washington is coming off a 23-19 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 18, while Tampa Bay defeated the New Orleans Saints 27-19. The Commanders (12-5), who have won five in a row, are 5-3 on the road this season. The Buccaneers (10-7), who have won six of seven, including two in a row, are 5-4 on their home field.

Kickoff from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., is set for 8 p.m. ET. Tampa Bay is a three-point favorite in the latest Commanders vs. Buccaneers odds, while the over/under for total points scored is set at 50.5. The Buccaneers are -167 money line favorites (risk $167 to win $100), while the Commanders are +141 underdogs (risk $100 to win $141).

Before making any Commanders vs. Buccaneers picks or NFL predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NFL expert Larry Hartstein is on. 

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed working for Pro Football Focus. He tied for 52nd place (out of 1,598 entries) in the 2022 Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest, going 53-34-3 ATS. Hartstein's weekly Vegas contest selections form the basis of his NFL best bets column, which is 79-48-2 (62.2%, +25.95 units) since its inception in 2022. He's also an INCREDIBLE 34-20-1 (+1700) on his last 55 NFL picks involving the Washington Commanders! Anyone who has followed him could be way up.

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Commanders vs. Buccaneers.

We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he also knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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