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Mad Bets: Will the Bucs cover -3 vs. Raiders?

Minty Bets, Jared Quay & Matt Gothard give their picks for the upcoming Sunday Night Football game between the Buccaneers vs. Raiders.

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MINTY BETS: For the Sunday night football game this week, we've got the Las Vegas Raiders hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs are laying 3 points on the road, and the total is at 53 and 1/2.

I'm gonna go first here. I like the over in this game, actually. The Bucs are 12th in scoring offense, and the Raiders are seventh. I know the Bucs have one of the best rushing defenses in the league, and they're not too bad against the pass. But the Raiders are coming off a bye here, and I think that Derek Carr's gonna have enough weapons to work with that the Bucs won't be able to contain.

So give me the over. Matt, what do you think?

MATT GOTHARD: You know, in this one I gotta take the Raiders. Underdogs in Sunday night football, 5 and 1 against the spread so far. It's hard to give up 3 points on the road here. Also, Las Vegas has looked good against some good teams-- the Saints, you know, the Chiefs. I don't think we're giving them enough credit here.

Tampa Bay, you know, they looked good against Green Bay last week, but I'm gonna sell high on the Bucs here. I'm taking the Las Vegas Raiders. Probably do a little bit of moneyline action as well.

MINTY BETS: I like it. Jared, are you on the same side?

JARED QUAY: I am absolutely not. You guys are sleeping on the Buccaneers' defense, all right? I'm-- I know the Bucs have Tom Brady, the big name. But the Buccaneers' defense has yet to allow over 4 yards to an opposing running back.

And they've played some good backs. They played Aaron Jones. They played Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara. I don't think Josh Jacobs is gonna break that mold. And if the Raiders cannot run, they cannot win.

I'm telling you right now, I think Brady doesn't have to do much to make them get this victory. And 3 points ain't much. I think this team just manhandled the Packers. They're playing their best football.

Meanwhile, the Raiders have beat some good teams, but they also got beat pretty bad by the Patriots, who I think are, ah, so-so. So I think not only does Bill Belichick beat the Raiders, but so does Tom Brady, to make everything full circle. Give me the Bucs, minus 3.

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