The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the San Diego Chargers will face off in a pivotal AFC/NFC cross-conference collision at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California on Sunday, December 3rd with a scheduled kick-off a 4:25 PM. The game is to be broadcasted on CBS for selected regional audiences matching up two recently lowly outfits who have been much improved and are currently jostling for a potential wild card berth.
The Buccaneers come in at 6-5, currently riding a two game winning streak. The Buccaneers have looked impressive as of late, taking down elite competition such as Seattle and the defending NFC champions, Carolina. San Diego comes in at 5-6 off perhaps their most impressive win this season at Houston. This is also a unit that beat Denver, the defending Super Bowl Champion outright in San Diego. Despite claiming ownership to the number six rushing defense in the league, the overall defense of the Chargers remains a question as they have given up 27 or more points in each of the four matches they were involved in previous to the Houston win. The Chargers fell by incremental margins at Atlanta, Oakland, New Orleans and Indianapolis as they lost by a combined 11 points in these four games.
Public Money Consensus
69% of the public like Tampa Bay taking back points on the road from the home favorite Chargers. At the spread, Tampa Bay comes in at -105 with the 3.5 points as opposed to spotting the points with the Chargers at -115. In Money Line markets, 99% of the public are inclined to taking the Bucs at +175 as opposed to the heavy home favorite in San Diego at -200. Currently in Over/Under markets, the Over/Under is sitting at 47.5 with 99% of the public liking the Over in this cross-conference clash.
