Tampa Bay to win NFC South Division +220 2/10 units
This is a tough division with New Orleans(4-4) and Atlanta(4-3) being pretty good teams. They both have good offenses but I think their defenses are too bad to have a chance for the playoffs.
Carolina leads this division 6-2. Tampa Bay is second with 5-3. The combined record of the teams Carolina has played so far is 27-31. Same record for Tampa Bay is 33-26.
Tampa has an easier schedule left with the upcoming opponents record being 23-36. Carolina is facing a tougher 30-28. Carolina has 5 games away from home while Tampa has 4 away.
They will play each other in Carolina but Tampa won 27-3 in the first game so I like their chances in the next game.
Betcris clearly stands out here and the next best I have seen is 2.75. That I think is worth 2 units.
Tampa Bay to win the Superbowl +2500 2/10 units
Tampa has not played great so far this year but they are efficient and get the job done. They play Kansas City this weekend and then their bye week. These two weeks will give the offense time to work together a lot and be even better for the last 7 games of the season. The defense doesn’t need to get much better to win the superbowl but I have a feeling that this experienced defense only will get better the closer they get to the Super bowl.
With the good defense they have, a good running attack (9th in NFL) and an experienced QB in Garcia I like their chances.
I’m taking both of these bets now since the next 2 weeks nothing will probably happen that makes the TB odds any higher. TB didn’t look good against Dallas and undervalued for both of these futures.