Tampa Bay Buccaneers only slight favorites vs. Denver Broncos in Week 3

Tampa Bay Buccaneers only slight favorites vs. Denver Broncos in Week 3

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be on the road this weekend to take on the Denver Broncos in a pivotal Week 3 matchup for the 2020 season.

Tampa Bay currently enters the game with a 1-1 record after opening up the season with a loss to the Saints, but returning home last week to beat the Panthers. Though this won’t be a nationally-televised matchup with a ton of hype coming into the week, no one can deny the magnitude of what this game could mean in terms of the Buccaneers’ season moving forward.

Though it’s still early, the Bucs need to come away with a win this weekend against a Broncos team that has been less than stellar through the first two weeks of the season.

Currently, the Buccaneers are listed as 6-point favorites over the Broncos (0-2) and the over/under is listed at 43.5.

This game is almost a must-win for the Buccaneers early in the season

The Broncos are 0-2 and haven’t looked all that impressive in either of their two games so far. The Buccaneers need this win early on in the season for standings reasons, but more so because of what the magnitude of a loss could mean towards the rest of the year.

Interestingly enough, the Bucs are only listed as less than a touchdown favorite and there is one book that has Tampa Bay as only a 3.5-point favorite.

There’s no doubt that Tom Brady and the rest of the Bucs know what a loss could mean this weekend in terms of their hopes of winning the division is concerned. I think that leads to a more focused attack and that we’ll continue to see the offense improve and progress forward after a better week last Sunday against the Panthers.

Tampa Bay and Denver will kickoff at 4:25 p.m. live on CBS.