The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, (1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS 1-1 O\/U) bounced back from their season-opening 24-20 road loss to the New Orleans Saints nicely on Sunday, beating the rebuilding Atlanta Falcons 24-9 in their home opener. <\/p>\n
The Chicago Bears, (1-1 SU, 1-0-1 ATS, 0-2 O\/U) lost a gut-wrenching contest to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, losing 20-17 one week after winning their season-opener by shocking the Indianapolis Colts 29-13.<\/p>\n
<\/a>\u00a0Tampa Bay has not stood out in any specific area statistically other than the team\u2019s seventh ranked rushing attack which is averaging 155.0 yards per contest so far. Ranked just 23rd in total yards allowed defensively, the Bucs are ranked 10th in defensive scoring, allowing just 10.0 points per game so far this season.<\/p>\n Chicago is ranked just 24th in overall offense but is averaging 149.0 rushing yards per game, which is good for ninth in the league. The Bears have also gotten back to looking like the powerful defensive unit they were two years ago, ranking sixth in overall defense.<\/p>\n The Bears have allowed just 171.0 passing yards per game, (ranked 11th) and just 83.5 rushing yards per game, (ranked eigth).<\/p>\n Tampa Bay is also going through a bit of off-field drama with head coach Jon Gruden benching starting quarterback Jeff Garcia in favor of veteran backup Brian Griese while using injury as an excuse for making the switch, although Garcia says he is undeniably healthy enough to start.<\/p>\n \u201cWe certainly need Jeff Garcia. What his role is will be defined on a weekly basis,\u201d Gruden said.<\/p>\n Here is a look at the key trends for each team, followed by my analysis and NFL Wagering Free Picks<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Tampa Bay is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games NFL Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3 -110 Over 35\u00bd -110 Analysis:<\/strong> I\u2019ll keep this pick short and sweet for the BetUS NFL online sports wagering community, by saying that I fully expect the Chicago Bears to bounce back from last week\u2019s heart-breaking loss by keeping the Buccaneers mediocre offense in check just long enough for its own mediocre offense to put up just enough to actually pull this contest out. Take the Bears to cover the spread narrowly.<\/p>\n —————————————————————<\/p>\n Jeff Alexander’s Week 3 Sunday NFL 5-Pack! $24.95<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/span>2006 NFL Handicapping World Champion<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is going to make your man wish he was never born with the\u00a0<\/span>FIVE BEST BETS<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0on the NFL Gridiron Sunday. Jeff’s\u00a0<\/span>***Wiseguy*** NFL Favorite of the Year<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0leads the way with his Lions\/49ers ***Major*** and a TRIO of SUREFIRES ready to rip your man apart as well! <\/span>\u00a0Jeff Alexander Guarantees profit with these 5 selections or Monday’s card is\u00a0<\/span>free of charge!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Week 3 NFL cappers matchup tips for this week’s Bucs vs. Bears matchup, plus an NFL Betting Preview, a look at the gambling trends, plus a free pick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1650,123,161,166,1491,2199,1485,470,66495,502,548,632],"class_list":["post-1617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gambling","tag-2008-nfl-betting","tag-bears","tag-betting","tag-betting-odds","tag-buccaneers","tag-bucs-vs-bears","tag-football-lines","tag-free-pick","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-lines","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-lines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103200,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions\/103200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTampa Bay is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
\nThe total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay’s last 8 games
\nTampa Bay is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
\nTampa Bay is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games on the road
\nChicago is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games
\nChicago is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games at home
\nChicago is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games at home
\nThe total has gone OVER in 15 of Chicago’s last 20 games at home
\nChicago is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n
\nChicago Bears -3 -110<\/p>\n
\nUnder 35\u00bd -110<\/p>\nNFL Free Picks: Bears 21 Buccaneers 17<\/h3>\n
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