Buccaneers vs Lions Predictions, Best Bets, Props & Odds for Monday Night Football

Detroit's offense will be eager to get right after last week's performance, and our Buccaneers vs. Lions predictions expect Jared Goff & Co. to do just that.

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Chris Gregory • Betting Analyst
Oct 20, 2025 • 17:30 ET • 4 min read
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Photo By - Imagn Images. Jared Goff gets ready to take the field agaisnt the Chiefs in Week 7.

In a battle of two of the NFC's best teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are hitting the highway to take on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Monday Night Football.

Our experts have a flurry of Buccaneers vs. Lions predictions and NFL picks for tonight's action. Check it all out below. 

Buccaneers vs Lions MNF predictions

Buccaneers vs Lions MNF best bets

Bills Lions -6

-110 at bet365

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers is riddled with injuries on offense, and the Detroit Lions are 9-2 at home dating back to last season while averaging a monster 36.7 points per game. I have confidence in the Lions scoring enough while also making more defensive stops to cover on Monday Night Football.

Buccaneers vs Lions MNF TD picks

Chiefs Sam LaPorta anytime touchdown

+170 at bet365

Sam LaPorta is the Lions’ primary red-zone tight end, seeing five goal-line targets through six games. Tampa Bay’s defense allows 25 points per game and has allowed multiple touchdowns to tight ends this season, and LaPorta might be the most athletic TE the Bucs have faced thus far. He has 12 targets and has scored touchdowns in two consecutive games.

Buccaneers vs Lions MNF props

Ravens Jahmyr Gibbs Over 87.5 rushing + receiving yards

-115 at bet365

The electric back managed 65 yards on 17 carries and recorded a lone reception that went for no gain. In four games prior, he totaled 87, 97, 99 and 104 total yards. This is a get-right game for Jahmyr Gibbs and the entire Lions offense. Expect him to get back on track as a receiver after recording multiple catches in every other game this season.

Ravens Cade Otton Over 39.5 receiving yards

-110 at bet365

Over the last three weeks, Cade Otton has racked up 15 targets and turned them into 12 receptions. He finished with only nine yards in Week 4, but he piled up 51 in Week 5 and 81 in Week 6. With so few options available in the receiving game, expect Baker Mayfield to look for his big-bodied safety valve early and often. 

Buccaneers vs Lions odds

Buccaneers vs Lions game info

Location: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Date: Monday, October 20, 2025
Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN/ABC

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