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The Tampa Bay Bucs betting odds for 2016 had the team favored to win UNDER 7 regular season games at -145. Winning OVER this number would pay out $125 for every $100 bet.
Winning the division pays $800 for every $100 bet. And, for what it’s worth, winning the Super Bowl pays 80-1 odds.
Don’t be surprised if Tampa Bay ends up going OVER 7 regular season games with Bucs DT Gerald McCoy proclaiming this week he is “comfortable with(starting quarterback) Jameis Winston’s leadership role”.
"It's a great feeling because I know I have the platform and I know all the guys are watching me and I want them to watch me because I know my main goal is to get better every single day," Winston said. "The quarterback is always going to be the focus of everything."
The Tampa Bay Tribune noted that there was a perception that McCoy, the four-time Pro Bowl player and “face of the franchise”, was not comfortable with all the attention suddenly thrust on Winston.
McCoy insisted all he wanted to do was take the pressure off of Winston.
"We were missing a franchise quarterback. Every team needs that guy," McCoy said recently. "I believe very early on Jameis Winston was the guy. So I said he will, after this year, maybe sooner, be that guy. When it came about sooner than everybody expected, I think the misperception was 'Jameis is getting all the publicity now, Gerald is so used to being the guy, he can't handle it.'
The Bucs running back Doug Martin echoed the optimism, saying the whole team feels they can make the Playoffs.
Tampa Bay finished last season with four losses and a 6-10 record.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
