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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are currently slated to pick 32nd in the opening round of the 2021 NFL Draft, a fact that will serve as my latest mechanism to shoehorn into every article the
other fact that the Buccaneers are the reigning NFL champions. By beating Kansas City, 31-9, in Super Bowl LV, Tampa Bay locked themselves into that 32nd and final spot in the round. You know, because the champions always pick last.
The Buccaneers have made the 32nd-overall pick in a draft before, but it wasn t a first-rounder and it didn t produce a very favorable outcome. That was way back in 1982, when the team traded its 1983 first-round pick to the Bears for their 82 second-rounder in order to grab Booker Reese, a raw defensive end project out of Bethune-Cookman. Reese was a bust and the Bucs lack of a first-round pick in 1983 compounded their quarterback problems in that era.
Jan 27, 2021
The Kansas City Chiefs are AFC Champions for the second consecutive year after defeating the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 38-24. Patrick Mahomes had an incredible performance in this game, throwing for 325 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions, while fellow second-team All-Pro Josh Allen threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns while running for 88 yards, but Allen threw a back-breaking interception in the red zone in the fourth quarter while it was a two-score game. The Chiefs will play their second consecutive Super Bowl, this time heading to Tampa Bay to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on February 7 for Super Bowl LV. This will be the ultimate moment of Mahomes career, as he will have a chance to defeat Tom Brady, the six-time Super Bowl champion and the only quarterback to hand him a postseason loss to this point in his career.
Super Bowl LV Betting Preview: Chiefs vs Buccaneers Feb 4, 2021 - 1:49 PM ET
The Kansas City Chiefs aim for their second straight Lombardi Trophy when they face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium.
The Bucs, who are the first team to play in a Super Bowl at their home stadium, opened as 3.5-point NFL betting underdogs for Super Bowl LV but early action on Tampa Bay quickly trimmed off that half-point hook. However, bigger bets are beginning to come in on Kansas City and this spread is moving back to Chiefs -3.5.
This is our Super Bowl LV betting preview for Chiefs vs. Buccaneers on February 7.
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