Tampa Bay Buccaneers Favored at +150 to Win NFC South

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00:00The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, plus 150 price to win the NFC South.

00:03It is the shortest number, but the Bucs have won the NFC South four straight seasons.

00:09I expected this number to have the Bucs as the favorite, but closer to even money,

00:14maybe even slight minus money.

00:16Only 45 cents, less than a half dollar in front of the Atlanta Falcons.

00:21Joe, does it feel like fair pricing atop the NFC South?

00:24Or would you make the Buccaneers a stronger favorite in the division as well?

00:28Personally, I would, and it just comes down to which quarterback do you believe and coach

00:33do you believe in most.

00:34You know, I was very critical of Todd Bowles when he took over for Bruce Arians, but all

00:39he does is win, and he's got a quarterback that, you know, can go toe-to-toe with any

00:43of the best quarterbacks in the NFC, and that's Baker Mayfield.

00:47We talk about the productivity, and I understand Godwin and Evans are a little bit older, but

00:52they have a rising star at the running back position in terms of Bucky Irvin.

00:57They have one of the most prolific rushing attacks in all the NFL last year.

01:01You look at two years ago, they were almost dead last at 89 rushing yards per game.

01:06They were well over 125 rushing yards per game last year.

01:10They provided balance.

01:12They can wear down teams, and that defense at the end of the regular season really started

01:17to come into form.

01:18Again, this is a division that the Bucs just love to sell Tampa Bay and buy everybody else,

01:25including, you know, the gutless Atlanta Falcons and Raheem Morris, because of the

01:30team, right?

01:31We have a bunch of playmakers, Bijan, Drake Lundin, Kyle Pitts.

01:36We still have Kirk Cousins on the roster up until this point, so it's just like they have

01:41to be good.

01:41No, they don't.

01:42They don't have to be good.

01:43They're a losing organization with Arthur Blank that hasn't made any solid move over

01:49the past three or four seasons.

01:50They haven't utilized their playmakers correctly, and there's no guarantee, even though I

01:55love Michael Penix, that this team is going to be above eight wins this year.

01:59Joe, even if Michael Penix Jr. is good and offensively they have all the pieces, I don't

02:04really care.

02:05It should be the Buccaneers, and I'll take a plus 150 price on Tampa because that number

02:10should be shorter or stronger in favor of the Buccaneers in my estimation.

02:16I do think the Panthers might make some noise, a 5-1 price, but kind of like your case, Joe,

02:21for the Jets in the AFC East, and that's a 13-1 number with not nearly as strong as

02:26a favorite in the NFC South, I might look for the Panthers in other ways around those

02:32betting odds later in the offseason.