Tampa Bay @ Detroit (+8.5)

Joker: I keep finding myself behind all the favorites and sucking every week, but seriously, how is Tampa only giving 8.5?  I guess the Lions have kept it close…wow, I was expecting to find last week to be the only close loss, but they have lost by less then 9 5 of their last 6 games.  Granted they got blown out in one of the two Culpepper games, and I wouldn’t trust him to hold my ipod, but maybe we are on to something here.  They don’t win, but do they lose by less then 9?  The Bucs biggest road win of the year was by 6.  Lets go for it.

Lions +8.5

OZ: That line is amazing. Culpepper did keep the game close last week against the Panthers, but can the Lions count on him two weeks in a row? We’re talking about the Lions here. I do feel like this is a little bit of a trap game. We say “wow only 8.5, I’m taking the Bucs and collecting.” I gotta go with the idea that the oddsmakers know more than I do.

Lions +8.5