Buy Low on Tom Brady, Buccaneers in Latest Super Bowl Odds
By Peter Dewey
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The defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers can’t catch a break.
After returning all 22 starters from last season’s championship team, Tampa Bay has been bitten by the injury bug late in the season, losing Chris Godwin for the year and watching Leonard Fournette, Lavonte David and Shaq Barrett go down to injury.
The team also lost receiver Antonio Brown after his decision to quit in the middle of the team’s win over the New York Jets in Week 17.
These issues are beginning to add up for the Buccaneers, and the oddsmakers at WynnBET have dropped them in the latest odds to win the Super Bowl.
While that may seem like a sign to stay away from Tampa, let’s not forget that the Bucs still have Tom Brady. Here’s a look at the latest odds.
Latest Odds to Win the Super Bowl
- Green Bay Packers: +350
- Kansas City Chiefs: +450
- Buffalo Bills: +750
- Los Angeles Rams: +800
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: +850
- Dallas Cowboys: +1200
- Tennessee Titans: +1200
The Buccaneers have fallen to fifth in the latest odds, and it appears that oddsmakers think the Los Angeles Rams are a better bet in the NFC than Tampa Bay at this point in the season.
With the playoffs so close to starting, I can’t help but think this is a value to back a Tom Brady-led team at +850 odds.
Brady didn’t need Brown or Godwin to orchestrate a come-from-behind win over the Jets in Week 17, and we’ve seen him do more with less at other stages of his NFL career.
Plus, the Buccaneers are expected to get some of their injured players back for the playoffs, even if they aren’t at full capacity, which should be a win for the team.
According to Bruce Arians, RB Leonard Fournette and LBs Lavonte David and Shaq Barrett are all trending in the right direction to hopefully return for the first week of the playoffs
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) January 5, 2022
There are more attractive teams to pick to win the Super Bowl, but Brady’s pedigree deserves some more love from the oddsmakers. If the Rams lose in Week 18 and the Buccaneers beat the Carolina Panthers, Brady and company would earn the No. 2 seed in the NFC and set up a potential NFC Championship Game rematch with Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field.