Dubbed the largest Sports Book in America, WilliamHill.us released their win totals for the upcoming NFL season and while the Bucs are high, they aren’t the team at the top.
The Bucs wins are set at 11.5 wins for the 2021 season, but the team they defeated last February, the Kansas City Chiefs, sit atop the projected totals with 12.
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Last season the Bucs hovered around the nine-win mark according to an average of most oddsmakers, but clearly exceeded that with an 11 win regular season that ended up being 15 after capturing the franchise’s second Lombardi Trophy at home at Raymond James Stadium.
The Buccaneers will return all 22 starters from their Super Bowl-winning squad, and even several key backups. Tampa Bay also added former Bengals’ second-round pick Giovani Bernard this past week, giving them a quality third-down back and an outlet for quarterback Tom Brady who love to utilize a pass-catching back.
Tampa Bay will face their NFC South rivals Carolina, Atlanta, and New Orleans both home and away as usual. Their other home games will be against the Cowboys, Giants, Bills, Dolphins and Bears.
Road games will be against the Eagles, Patriots, Jets, Chargers, Colts and the Washington Football Team.
The NFL’s and Tampa Bay’s schedules haven’t been released yet and according to reports won’t be until sometime after the draft. However who the Bucs play is already known. The NFL voted for a 17th regular season game and that final contest will be the road game against the Colts.
With the Bucs success at returning all of their core players, and a draft still to come, 11 wins seems a little low, however picking the records for NFL teams before the draft and before teams even get together for training camps is just a crapshoot by oddsmakers. The total will adjust as people make bets shifting the money towards more or less wins.