Bucs are favored because they have the most talent and have owned the shit division post Brees
But....the Bucs absolutely collapsed last year so what it a supernatural funk like the Eagles back in 2023 which resulted in Bowles only playoff win or is it a sign of things to come.
i know i wouldn't bet the Bucs....little reward given those odds and it's not a forgone conclusion like it should have been for the 2025 season.
this isn't a flex like you think it is....the fact that the Bucs aren't forgone conclusion is a sad state of affairs of where this team was just a calendar year ago coming off a top 5 offense, double digit win season
Didn't they have Atlanta last year?
Do you mean Vegas odds? Was Atlanta favored last year?
Yea why I was asking. They might not have been. But Vegas can be wrong too.
Oh they may have been but I didnt recall so thats why i wondered.
agree, Vegas wrong plenty lol
this isn't a flex like you think it is
If you mean me, definitely not a Bowles flex. LMAO Just a bit of gallows humor given the mentality on the board right now.
In my view early odds are extra meaningless, but i recalled that some here - yourself included - have quote odds as proof of good or bad. The 2022 season was supposed to be a Super Bowl because of the odds when Brady came back . . even though that team was in total disarray and so was Brady.
This is a little like that. The Panthers won the division in 2025 but really "collapsed" into it, just less so than the Bucs collapsed out of it lol. So, I get why they are not in the top position with early odds. The Bucs are though because . . . as much as posters here HATE to acknowledge it . . before last season the Bucs were the division champs for several years under Bowles and the Bucs were heavily injured last year SO its easy for Vegas to sell a lot of bets with the breakdown above.
A healthy Bucs team is probably the best team in the division BUT the huge unknown is how the team will respond to Bowles given the collapse last season. Early success a key.