Tampa Bay vs. Houston MNF Showdown: Stroud & Mayfield Clash

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00:00It's Mayfield, it's Stroud, 1-0 Tampa Bay, 0-1 Houston Texans.

00:04The line opened up as a minus 2.5 point favorite here for the Houston Texans.

00:09It still sits there on game day, Joe.

00:1143.5, down slightly to 42.5 across the board.

00:15Let's start here.

00:16Mayfield comes to town 1-0.

00:18Houston desperate for a victory.

00:19Two pretty good defenses here, but a really low total in a dome.

00:24It is a low total here, but it's interesting.

00:27We saw some issues with the Tampa Bay Bucs against Atlanta on the road last week,

00:33but they had Baker Mayfield and that passing attack.

00:37Well, that saved them in that game.

00:40And can I tell you, it's going to have to save them in this game as well,

00:44because I do think Houston does some things really well here, especially at home.

00:49They're very well coached.

00:51I think Nick Chubb is going to have to have a really good game.

00:54They're going to have to take some of the pressure off of C.J. Stroud,

00:58because that offensive line is a mess.

01:00They're already injured.

01:02It was questionable to begin with.

01:04But I tell you, the more I look at this game, it's going to come down to the defenses.

01:09And Baker Mayfield and that receiving core, that's a banged up secondary with Texas right now.

01:16So I think the underdog, the more that I look at this,

01:20that dog might be barking here tonight with Tampa Bay to get it done.