{"id":18096,"date":"2021-07-19T01:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T01:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=18096"},"modified":"2021-07-19T01:33:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T01:33:19","slug":"tampa-bay-buccaneers-2021-win-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-2021-win-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 2021 WIN PREDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no reload needed for the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Instead, they spent the offseason securing the services of the exact same players that landed them their second Vince Lombardi Trophy in franchise history, and in doing so immediately became the favorites to repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The science and math weren\u2019t hard, but head coach Bruce Arians and general manager Jason Licht mastered it anyway, only adding to their already loaded roster through key free agent acquisitions and a draft pointed more at future trophy runs than the current one before them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, the prospect of Tom Brady finally turning into a pumpkin, as all other QBs before him have that played a year too long, looms large. Brady, through his diet, his health practices and his genetics has avoided that QB cliff up to this point, but he has to go over it at some point, right? I\u2019m done trying to predict when that happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAMPA<\/strong> BAY<\/strong> BUCCANEERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season:<\/strong> 11-5, 2nd<\/sup> place, NFC South<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 odds:<\/strong> over 11.5 wins -155, under 11.5 wins +125<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 NFL Draft:<\/strong> Joe Tryon, LB, Washington \u2013 Round 1, Kyle Trask, QB, Florida \u2013 Round 2, Robert Hainsey, OG, Notre Dame \u2013 Round 3, Jaelon Darden, WR, North Texas \u2013 Round 4, K.J. Britt, LB, Auburn \u2013 Round 5, Chris Wilcox, CB, BYU \u2013 Round 7, Grant Stuard, LB, Houston \u2013 Round 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UDFAs:<\/strong> Calvin Ashley, OT \u2013 Florida A&M, Jose Borregales, K \u2013 Miami, Augie Contressa, Safety \u2013 Stony Brook, Sadarius Hutcherson, OG \u2013 South Carolina, Cameron Kinley, CB \u2013 Navy, Elijah Ponder, DL \u2013 Cincinnati, T.J. Simmons, WR \u2013 West Virginia, Larence White, Safety \u2013 Iowa State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquisitions:<\/strong> Giovani Bernard, RB \u2013 Free Agent, Antonio Hamilton, CB \u2013 Free Agent, Joseph Jones, LB \u2013 Free Agent, Raven Greene, Safety \u2013 Free Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Losses:<\/strong> Joe Haeg \u2013 RG, Ryan Smith \u2013 CB, Earl Wartford \u2013 RG, A.Q. Shipley \u2013 C, Andrew Adams \u2013 Safety, Kenjon Barner \u2013 RB, Deone Bucannon \u2013 LB, T.J. Logan \u2013 RB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESUMED STARTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QB:<\/strong> Tom Brady<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB:<\/strong> Leonard Fournette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Mike Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Chris Godwin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Antonio Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TE:<\/strong> Rob Gronkowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LT:<\/strong> Donovan Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LG:<\/strong> Ali Marpet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:<\/strong> Ryan Jensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RG:<\/strong> Alex Cappa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT:<\/strong> Tristan Wirfs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDE:<\/strong> Ndamukong Suh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NT:<\/strong> Vita Vea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDE:<\/strong> William Gholston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Jason Pierre-Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LILB:<\/strong> Devin White<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RILB:<\/strong> Lavonte David<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Shaquille Barrett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Carlton Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Sean Murphy-Bunting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS: <\/strong>Antoine Winfield Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS:<\/strong> Jordan Whitehead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K:<\/strong> Ryan Succop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P:<\/strong> Bradley Pinion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORECAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless something insane occurs, injury-wise, the Bucs will likely be favored in at least 16 of their 17 games this season. The only one that they might be considered underdogs in would be their Week Three match up at the Los Angeles Rams, one of the final two teams to beat them last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa\u2019s toughest stretch of games is out the gate, but they get the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons at home before two long road games at the Rams and at Brady\u2019s former team, the New England Patriots. Drawing the NFC East means an open road to the playoffs, but their 17th<\/sup> game is no gimmee as they play at the Indianapolis Colts. Their toughest tests from the AFC East, the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills, will both have to play at the Big Sombrero, so that\u2019s a stroke of scheduling luck that Tom Brady seems to continually, and maddeningly, experience even at the end of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Record Prediction:<\/strong> 12-5, NFC South Champion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL season begins on Thursday, Sep. 9 and the Week 1 Schedule is already up and taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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