The Buccaneers are staring their first underdog opportunity of 2017 in the mouth, with experts picking the Patriots to extinguish the primetime lights for Tampa Bay. Save for a few contrarians within the consensus, nearly every expert has New England winning. It's interesting to note that the OddsShark computer on SB Nation, however, picked the Buccaneers while all its warm-blooded counterparts picked New England, except Stephen White. Microsoft's Cortana, on the other hand, also has the Patriots going back to Foxborough with the W.
Below is a look at each expert's pick for this week:
NFL.com, Elliot Harrison – Patriots
ESPN.com, Consensus – Patriots
ProFootballTalk, Mike Florio – Patriots
USA Today, Consensus – Patriots
SBNation.com, Consensus – Patriots
FOXSports.com, Consensus – Patriots
Microsoft Cortana – Patriots