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Week 16 Expert Picks: Buccaneers vs. Lions

The Buccaneers have a chance to clinch the postseason as they travel to Detroit to take on a dilapidated Lions team. Do the experts think they’ll do it?

Dec 24, 2020 at 12:17 PM

News broke today of the Detroit Lions, well, adjusted coaching staff due to COVID-19 concerns. Interim Head Coach Darrell Bevell will not be able to be on the sidelines due to a close contact that tested positive so it will be wide receivers coach Robert Prince will take over as interim, interim Head Coach, along with a host of other substitutions.

Meanwhile, the Buccaneers have the opportunity to clinch their first postseason berth since 2007 with a win over the Lions. It seems like they have a good chance with all of the uncertainty in Detroit but it is 2020 and stranger things have happened, after all.

See what the experts think below.

NFL.com, Greg Rosenthal – Buccaneers

ESPN.com, Consensus – Buccaneers (unanimous)

USA Today (consensus) – Buccaneers (unanimous

ProFootballTalk, Mike Florio - Buccaneers

SB Nation, Consensus – Buccaneers (split)

CBSSports.com, Consensus – Buccaneers (split)

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