Tampa Bay Buccaneers are only slight favorites vs. Las Vegas Raiders

Tampa Bay Buccaneers are only slight favorites vs. Las Vegas Raiders

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be featured on national television this Sunday night in a matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders.

The Buccaneers, who improved to 4-2 on the season with a dominant win over the Green Bay Packers, will travel to Las Vegas this weekend and are looking to remain atop the NFC South Divisional standings and maintain moment after the big victory this past week.

While the game is expected to be close, Tampa Bay enters the contest as a slight favorite over Las Vegas. Currently, the Bucs are listed as 2.5-point favorites for the road contest.

The Buccaneers have a chance to set the national narrative

There have been plenty of doubters and naysayers when it comes to this team. People have talked about how Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski were washed up and how they’d bring the promising youth of the Bucs organization down, while lifting them up. On the other end of the spectrum, there are several national analysts who believe the Bucs to be a true contender for the Super Bowl.

The truth is pretty simple: The Buccaneers sit at a crossroad heading into this Week 7 matchup.

For the first time all season, the Bucs have a chance to set the national narrative. They have a chance to prove the naysayers wrong and to affirm what many believers have been saying all along.

By the same token, Tampa can also fall flat on its face and give more ammunition for those who were already skeptical to begin with.

No matter which end of the spectrum you fall on- or if you’re in the middle- there’s one thing that isn’t in doubt: You’ll be watching Sunday night when the Bucs play the Raiders.

And that means the Buccaneers have a chance to change the narrative and set it in motion as we move forward.