Buccaneers vs. Lions Preview: Key Insights & Predictions

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00:00Let's get started in game number one, Joe, 475-476 on the rotation.

00:04That's from Motown.

00:05The Buccaneers travel up to take on the Detroit Lions here.

00:08Great matchup, two good football teams, and we're seeing anywhere between,

00:12you see the placard coming up at minus six to five and a half

00:14on where you're shopping at, and a total of 53 and a half to 52 and a half.

00:19Baker Mayfield, he wakes wonders in the backfield.

00:22It doesn't matter who his wide receivers are, but to me, it does matter tonight.

00:26Detroit's a really good football team and especially good at home on offense.

00:31You need to meet fire with fire, and if Baker Mayfield can come in

00:33with a little bit more extra sauce at wide receiver, that's going to help, Joe.

00:37Let's start with that line.

00:39Call it minus six.

00:40What gives tonight?

00:42Yeah, it's interesting because it's been a steady.

00:44It feels like there was some Tampa money earlier in the week

00:48because this line dropped below, you know, six here.

00:52It was about five, five and a half, even so I think earlier in the week,

00:56four and a half because you just didn't know who was going to be available for Detroit.

01:01Then, of course, the suspension and everything else.

01:05Listen, you want to back the Lions here, but again, what we saw with that secondary last week

01:11and how Kansas City, without Rice, kind of obliterated them

01:16and took advantage of the backups there.

01:18Yeah, I mean, look at the season that Mayfield is having, and he's getting some weapons back.

01:24You know, it should give you a little bit of pause here because, don't forget,

01:28I mentioned earlier, Donnie, they won at Ford Field there last year at Tampa.

01:34It's not like they haven't played this team tough, and I can make the argument

01:38when Ben Johnson was the OC there a year ago, that was a better offense,

01:42and they still beat them.

01:42So, this is a tough spot here for Detroit.

01:47They are, I think they're going to come out firing,

01:49but doesn't this feel like a much better game to look at the total?

01:53Because I'm not sure how either defense is stopping the offenses here.