Broncos vs. Buccaneers score predictions

The wait for Denver Broncos continued into Week 3. When will they win their first game of 2024? It'll be a tough go at it this week on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Denver is 1-6 all-time in Florida during the month of September.

Game OverviewDenver BroncosTampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, September 23, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. Mile High time Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida ATS Betting Lines: Tampa -6.5 Moneyline Odds: Denver +265 / Tampa -330 Over/Under:

Collectively, our Mile High Report staff is predicting a Broncos 23-13 loss to the Buccaneers in Week 3. Not everyone is on board with that, but the consensus thinks the Denver Broncos are headed to an 0-3 start to their season.

Here is how we see things playing out on an individual basis:

Broncos 23, Bucs 20 At some point the Broncos will shock us all and win a game. Why not in Week 3? Surely I'm not absolutely crazy... - Tim Lynch

Bucs 27, Broncos 17 The Broncos are historically terrible in games early in the season in the state of Florida. The Buccaneers had a strong victory against the Detroit Lions and shouldn't have an issue beating Denver who has dropped their first two games of the season. I'm just not confident the offense is going to put together a good enough performance to come out with a W. - Chris Hart

Bucs 24, Broncos 13 Broncos head east and play in humid and hot Florida in week three, just like they did last year. This time, they'll be facing Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bucs head coach Todd Bowles will be dialing up the blitz all game and the Broncos offensive line and running back will once again struggle. Bo Nix will throw his first touchdown pass but the Broncos will lose this game and fall to a disappointing 0-3 record. - Scotty Payne

Bucs 31, Broncos 10 And it'll be miracle we even scored 10. - Mike DeCicco

Broncos 13, Bucs 10 I am 99% sure that we will lose this game! Although I will never accept a defeat in advance! So I will go the 1% chance that the Broncos will win with an outstanding performance by the defense! - Ivan Talavera

Bucs 27, Broncos 14 The Broncos will trot out their 3rd string RT against Tampa Bay this weekend. And Bolles may still be somewhat hobbled at LT. Considering how poorly the line and running game have fared so far this season, and how hot the Bucs are right now, there's not much room here to see anything but 0-3 coming down the pipe. Fingers crossed that we at least see a good show of growth from Nix. - Taylor Kothe

Bucs 23, Broncos 9 The Broncos struggle in the eastern time zone early games. The struggles of the beginning of the season will be compounded by this east coast, early game, Florida, muggy, game. The defense will have its moments, but don't expect the offense to find it in this atmosphere. - Adam Malnati

Bucs 27, Broncos 10 The Broncos offense can't do anything right now and that won't get fixed on Sunday. Not to mention Mayfield and the Bucs offense is playing well to start the season. The good news is the game is early in the day and we can get this out of the way. - Ian St. Clair

Bucs 20, Broncos 10 Once again the defense plays well but the offense fails to score a TD until garbage time to make this game appear closer than it was. - Joe Mahoney

Bucs 20, Broncos 16 Backdoor cover with 1:35 left. Kickoff deep. Don't touch it again. - Jonathan Rice

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