The Detroit Lions (4-2) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) will close out Week 7 with a “Monday Night Football” battle between two of the best teams in the NFC.
After two weeks on the road and their most recent a loss to the Chiefs, the Lions will be back in front of their home crowd in primetime, and will certainly want to head into their bye week with some positive momentum. The folks over at FanDuel Sportsbook certainly think the Lions can accomplish this, as they’ve set the opening betting line at Lions -5.5 points.
Both teams are dealing with significant injuries, and while the Lions’ holes in the secondary were exposed by Patrick Mahomes in Week 6, the Bucs have found a way to win behind the magic of Baker Mayfield.
On offense, the Bucs have been playing without multiple starting wide