Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl Odds 2024: Latest Super Bowl 58 Odds

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers current Super Bowl odds are . The Buccaneers had their fair share of drama throughout last season as they went through Tom Brady’s short-term retirement, a plethora of injuries, and a late season push to make the playoffs. All that resulted in an early exit in the Wild Card round, as well as being without their quarterback going into the 2023 season as Brady has once again retired, but after a 3-2 start to the season under Baker Mayfield, their Super Bowl odds rebounded a bit, before a brutal loss to the fellow NFC South contender Atlanta Falcons complicated Tampa’s path quite a bit. Ultimately, the Bucs got the job done, winning five of their final six games, surging from a 4-7 record to finish 9-8 atop the division. Many counted them out when they pulled the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in the first round, but Mayfield and company never listened, pulling away late for a blowout win at home.

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To help cushion the loss of Brady, the Bucs signed Mayfield after an impressive short-term stint with the Rams late last season. In an effort to drive his own value back up after regressing the past couple of years, Mayfield now finds himself as the current starting quarterback for a Bucs team that was theoretically in the middle of a rebuild, but has done plenty of winning this season. The move looked great for both sides right from the beginning, as Mayfield led the Bucs to an upset win on opening day over the Minnesota Vikings, who went 13-4 last season before beating the Chicago Bears to bring the Bucs to a surprising 2-0.

Reality set in a bit with a Monday Night Football loss to the defending NFC Champion Eagles, but the Bucs picked up a key divisional win against the Saints, showing that they might have a real chance at a postseason berth. The Bucs more or less completely failed a major test against the Detroit Lions, and after avenging their initial loss to the Eagles, now they’ll get to face Detroit and try and reverse that result as well. However, after enjoying a raucous home crowd against Philly, the Bucs will be faced with an equally energetic environment in Detroit, but with the energy aimed against them this time out.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl Odds Analysis

Mayfield could have found himself in worse situations as the Bucs have been able to salvage their wide receiver position, giving him perhaps the best pass catcher group he’s ever worked with. They retain Mike Evans and Chris Godwin as one of the best duos in football, as well as fielding guys like tight end Cade Otton, running back Rachaad White, and receivers Trey Palmer and David Moore as decent auxiliary options. The Bucs suffer from a solid drop off in production after their top duo given their lack of depth, but some of the guys down the depth chart have chipped in a bit more than expected.

Speaking of depth, the Bucs are doing whatever they can to carve out any sort of production for their ground game. After ranking dead last in Off Rush DVOA last season, the Bucs have cut ties with Fournette and are opting into starting White, a dual threat back. To help ease his load, the Bucs brought in Chase Edmonds with intentions of splitting carries in a dual back type of approach, although that hasn’t gone so well; Edmonds ran for just 176 yards this regular season, barely more than Mayfield, while Edmonds ran for an inefficient 990 at just 3.6 yards per carry.

As for the offensive line, this unit was decimated by injuries last year and have serious question marks all over. This is a vital area that needs immediate improvement as their lack of production was made apparent last season when Brady had no time in the pocket to let plays develop. This resulted in numerous short term drives down the field as Brady was either hurried or their run plays were stuffed at the line, although the protection for Mayfield has been pretty solid most of the time.

While many were fully expecting the Bucs to address their offensive line woes with their first-round pick, they went a different direction and beefed up their defensive line by selecting Pittsburgh’s Calijah Kancey. This was due to missing out on the first tier of offensive lineman, opting into taking the surefire number two option at DL. Kancey has drawn comparisons to Aaron Donald based on his build, giving the Bucs immediate starting production by wreaking havoc to opposing backfields, although fellow rookie Yaya Diaby led the team with 7.5 sacks.

While the offense has grabbed plenty of headlines with coordinator Dave Canales fueling Mayfield’s resurgence and Evans continuing to rewrite the history books, the team’s biggest star is on defense. that’s first-team All-Pro safety Antoine Winfield Jr., who continues to be a real anchor for a Bucs defense that lacks depth behind him. After shoring up some of their biggest weaknesses, the Bucs are trending in the right direction in their rebuild process, and it’s shown this season as they’ve been much more competitive than expected and even have a real chance to make it to the NFC Championship Game with Mayfield at the helm.

Reasons Why Buccaneers Can & Can’t Win Super Bowl 58

Strengths:

• Maintains a good starting receiver cops
• Serious comeback performance from Baker Mayfield
• Elite defensive line and linebacker unit

Weaknesses:

• Lack of productivity from the rushing offense on early downs
• Offensive line has a lack of productive depth
• Secondary is diminished outside of Winfield