Buccaneers vs. Texans betting preview: Odds, picks, props, trends, injuries, weather and more for Week 2 Monday Night Football

It's one of the best Monday Night Football dates of the season because we get a rare true doubleheader: Buccaneers (1-0) at Texans (0-1) and Chargers (1-0) at Raiders (0-1). I'll focus on the first kick at 7 ET for a few reasons: Tampa Bay and Houston don't play in primetime all that often; that game will draw bigger ratings and betting action because of its earlier start time; I'm likely to be asleep by the second half of the 10 ET game; and those two AFC West rivals play all the time and will do so again later this season. In their first home MNF game since 2018, the Texans are -2.5 with a total of 42.5.

Entering Week 2, the SportsLine Projection Model forecasted Tampa Bay as the third-best team in the NFC and gave the Buccaneers an updated season win total of 9.8 and a 92.5% shot at making the playoffs that is the best in the conference. That's because the Bucs were so heavily favored (90.5%) to win the South, whereas the two teams in front of them in the overall NFC rankings, Green Bay and Philadelphia, play in much tougher divisions and don't have nearly that good a chance to win their divisions.

Houston clearly needs this more 0-2 have reached the postseason only 12.2% of the time both since 1990. How much would being 1-1 improve things? That rate improves to 41.6%. The model ranked the Texans as the No. 9 team in the AFC entering Week 2, with an updated win total of 8 and a 34.7% shot at the postseason.

We'll take you through every aspect of the Bucs vs. Texans game that you need to know before you lock in your bets, including SportsLine expert picks, props, trends, DFS, injury information and everything else that will help you know which plays are worth making for the primetime matchup.

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