Buccaneers Remain Favorite Despite Backup QBs Playing Tonight
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00:00You're not going to see Tua Tagovailoa tonight for Miami.
00:06The Bucs remain a short favorite in the Sunshine State Showdown.
00:10Three points is the spread in favor of the Buccaneers.
00:14The highest total though of this Friday night, 37 and a half.
00:19And also, if we're looking at backup quarterbacks once again, you said that's interesting that
00:23Tampa Bay is going to be the favorite because typically, obviously you're not going to see
00:25Tua Tagovailoa, but they do have some quality, competent backup quarterbacks that do have
00:29some NFL experience.
00:31But again, we're also reading the team leads.
00:33We don't actually know who's playing here.
00:34And there's a reason why Miami opened up as the favorite and now sit as that three point
00:38underdog, which means Tampa Bay might say like, you know what, maybe the starting quarterback
00:42doesn't play, but we're going to play some of our defense here for a quarter.
00:46We don't know the results per se, what's going to happen at the end of the game.
00:50But the one thing I do trust is those lines just don't move because it's fun and there's
00:53betting markets here.
00:54Those lines are moving here because information is out there who a certain team expects to
00:59play more second and third stringers than obviously first stringers here.
01:03And that's what we're probably getting out of it.
01:05Miami looks the part saying, you know what, we're ready to go for the regular season and
01:08maybe Tampa is going to play their defense or their offense, maybe an extra series in
01:12this game, which isn't enough, but that could tilt the balance of, Hey, look at that.
01:16My starters were in, you went three and out back to back with your offense and our offense
01:19was able to get a field goal early.
01:21And there you go.
01:22Tua did not play week number one for Miami, did play last week at home against the commanders.
01:27Five of five for 51 yards and his only offensive possession.
01:31And through a touchdown, you would expect Skylar Thompson and Mike White to be battling
01:36for that backup QB job.
01:38Maybe it's why the total is up despite the Buccaneers being a favorite Baker Mayfield
01:42not expected to play tonight for Tampa, but Mayfield at this point last summer was in
01:47a QB competition with Kyle Trask who the Buccaneers drafted in the second round in 2021.
01:53Maybe the heir apparent behind Tom Brady Trask is still there has looked pretty good
01:58so far in the first few weeks of the preseason.
02:00I would expect it.
02:01I would expect Trask to get a lot of burn tonight.