Buccaneers vs. Bears: Can Chicago Pull off an Upset?

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00:00 As we move forward, is this an overreaction?

00:02 The next game we're going to talk about to last week as the

00:04 Buccaneers end up beating the Vikings.

00:06 I did not anticipate Tampa Bay being a favorite in almost any

00:10 game this year, but I guess based on the way that the Bears

00:12 played, they're just telling you it's more or less a pick 'em

00:15 game.

00:16 A Bears getting three, Bucs three point favorite.

00:18 And look at this total 41 and a half going into Sunday.

00:23 Hey Jacob, I kind of feel like this game is tied in the third

00:27 and some teams just make, either one of these teams makes a big

00:29 mistake and that ends up being the game here.

00:32 This is a tough one to call for me.

00:34 Any opinion?

00:34 I think I like the Bears here because you're getting a good

00:38 number with them.

00:39 I think it's an overreaction to the Buccaneers beating the

00:42 Vikings.

00:42 I know the Vikings were 13 and four and made the playoffs last

00:45 year, but they won so many close games in Kevin O'Connell's first

00:49 season that I'm just not willing to look at the Vikings and say,

00:53 oh my goodness, the Buccaneers just beat a great team.

00:55 I think the Buccaneers played a team that was having a little

00:58 bit of a shaky defense and that also was playing on a short week

01:02 going into week two, where they might've been looking ahead to

01:05 the Eagles.

01:05 So I think the Buccaneers are a little overrated here.

01:08 I think this might end up being a close game.

01:11 So if you take the Bears as an underdog, I think they can win.

01:13 And as bad as they looked against the Packers, I'm not

01:16 convinced that the Buccaneers are going to do as well.

01:19 They got a lot of pressure on Kirk Cousins, but Kirk Cousins

01:22 isn't as mobile as Justin Fields.

01:24 So I think Fields can scramble out of trouble a little more in

01:27 this matchup, maybe find his weapons a bit more.

01:29 I know it's not fun to back a team that looked really bad in

01:32 week one, like the Bears, but the Buccaneers just shouldn't be

01:35 favored in this spot.

01:36 I don't think they're that much better than the Bears if they

01:39 are even better than them at all.

01:40 So I'm happy to back Chicago here.

01:42 I'm not going to bet a ton on this one though, because like

01:44 you said, this might not end up being the most exciting matchup