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Buccaneers Best Bets vs. Atlanta Falcons in Week 8
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a crucial matchup against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. They’ll be wearing their throwback “creamsicle” uniforms when they look to beat the Falcons and keep their NFC South hopes alive, as going down 2-0 in the division to the Falcons would spell disaster for Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay is a 2.5-point underdog in this contest, and we have three best bets for you to lay a wager on before the Bucs play the Falcons on Sunday with prop bets and odds courtesy of FanDuel — check them out below:
Bets record this year: 12-9
There’s a reason that the Bucs aren’t favored in this one. They’ve given up 500 or more yards of offense in two of the last three weeks (including against the Falcons themselves) and are missing their two biggest playmakers in Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, making scoring any points an uphill battle.
That being said, this game is do-or-die for a team that was functionally better than the Falcons before those injuries and offensive coordinator Liam Coen will likely come up with a creative gameplan the Falcons may not be expecting. Combine that with a game at home in Raymond James Stadium and you could make some money on betting on the Bucs to win.
READ MORE: BucsGameday Staff Predictions: Buccaneers vs. Falcons in Week 8
With Evans and Godwin gone, the Bucs don’t have a lot of playmakers left to score, so expect Rachaad White to get quite a few looks. White can score in the passing game or the running game, and he’ll likely be heavily involved in both with Evans and Godwin hurt and running back Bucky Irving playing with an injury as well. Gambling on White to find the end zone here is a safe bet that can get you money as well.
Two things can be true — the Bucs are down their two best wideouts and Baker Mayfield leads the NFL in total touchdowns. Mayfield has thrown two or more touchdowns in his last four games, and regardless of whether or not they come in garbage time, you get money, Would absolutely throw some cash down on this one.
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The public is getting its first look at the two pandas that will be heading from China to Zoo Atlanta.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer was able to visit female Fu Shuang and male Ping Ping before they make the nearly 8,000-mile flight. The giant pandas are both 6 years old and are headed to the United States as part of a new decade-long conservation agreement between China and the U.S.
Ping Ping’s keepers say he tends to follow them around, which is atypical behavior for a panda, but may be because of the food they have for him. Fu Shuang — which translates to “double happiness” — is playful, but nervous, and enjoys placing her chin on her paw. She also likes apples and has a penchant for finding them.
“Because we will hide pieces of apples, for example under the tree … she can find them everywhere,” panda keeper Wang Shun told Mackey Frayer, noting her “clever” behavior.
The pandas are part of an international cooperative research agreement on giant panda conservation between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, a renewal of panda diplomacy between America and China that began in 1972.
“Zoo Atlanta is delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species and to partner with the China Wildlife Conservation Association on the continued conservation and research efforts that are the most important outcomes of this cooperation,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement in April.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our Members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas.”
Pandas are already at zoos in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Zoo Atlanta maintained a panda agreement with China from 1999 until 2024, when Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to their home country, along with their two youngest cubs.
Animal behaviorist James Ayala marvels at how pandas mature.
“You see cubs and they seem so cuddly and clumsy and cute. And then they grow up into these big, majestic bears,” he told Mackey Frayer.
Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will be transported further south into a mountainous region where they will be prepped to make the trip to the U.S. It is unknown when they will leave.
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