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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.