Vikings-Buccaneers Week 3: How to watch, TV announcers, betting line, more info

The Vikings are 2-0, having found ways to win a couple games against division rivals that weren’t always pretty. They’ll look to stay undefeated this weekend as they travel to face an 0-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that is going to be in desperation mode following a pair of one-score losses against the Bengals and Browns.

So far, the Vikings’ Brian Flores-led defense has been the driving force behind the two wins, recording four sacks and two takeaways against both the Packers and Bears. Minnesota is hoping to see more efficiency and explosiveness from its offense — which currently ranks 32nd in total yards — now that Kyler Murray is back healthy and taking the reins from Carson Wentz.

Here’s how to watch Sunday’s game, the current betting line, and more.

• Vikings at Buccaneers
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• Sunday, Sep. 27

• 3:05 p.m. central time

• TV channel: FOX (KMSP-TV in the Twin Cities)

• National radio: ESPN Radio

• MN radio: 100.3 KFAN-FM

TV channel: FOX (KMSP-TV in the Twin Cities)

Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, and Megan Olivi will be on the call for FOX. They’re one of the network’s lower-to-mid tier crews in the hierarchy of game importance. Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady are on Bills-Chargers, Joe Davis and Greg Olsen are on Commanders-Seahawks, and Adam Amin and Drew Brees are on Lions-Jets this week.

Here’s the map of which game every market in the country will get on their local FOX station, via 506 Sports.

Albert is a veteran play-by-play man who calls all four major sports in the United States. Vilma is not exactly a beloved figure among Vikings fans (evidence found in the replies to this tweet), which may stem back to his time as a player on the 2009 Saints.

Steve Levy, Kelly Stouffer and former Vikings beat reporter Courtney Cronin will be on the ESPN Radio call. As always, the KFAN radio broadcast will feature Paul Allen, Pete Bercich and Ben Leber.

The line opened as Buccaneers -1.5 but has swung to Vikings -1.5, perhaps as a reflection of Murray’s health and Tampa Bay‘s loss to the lowly Browns. That is currently the smallest spread of the entire Week 3 NFL slate.

The Vikings won outright last week as 5.5-point underdogs in Chicago. During the Kevin O’Connell era, the Vikings are 14-1 in games where they entered as road favorites (excluding playoffs and international games). After last week, they’re 6-11 as underdogs away from U.S. Bank Stadium.

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• The Vikings are 33-24 all-time against the Buccaneers, with whom they shared a division from 1977-2001. The Vikings are 1-7 at Raymond James Stadium, which opened in 1998. This will be just their fourth trip there since 2002 (loss in 2008, overtime win in 2014, loss in 2020).

• The Vikings’ main injury concern is running back Aaron Jones (knee). With Jordan Mason already on IR, Minnesota would be very shorthanded at RB for this game if Jones is unable to play.

• The Vikings are tied for the NFL lead with a +3 mark in the turnover margin through two games. Minnesota is 37-4 when breaking even or winning the turnover battle in the O’Connell era. The Buccaneers are tied for the NFL’s second-worst mark at -4. They lost four fumbles in Week 1. Three of those were coughed up by QB Baker Mayfield, who also threw an interception in Week 2.

The Vikings are 33-24 all-time against the Buccaneers, with whom they shared a division from 1977-2001. The Vikings are 1-7 at Raymond James Stadium, which opened in 1998. This will be just their fourth trip there since 2002 (loss in 2008, overtime win in 2014, loss in 2020).

The Vikings’ main injury concern is running back Aaron Jones (knee). With Jordan Mason already on IR, Minnesota would be very shorthanded at RB for this game if Jones is unable to play.

The Vikings are tied for the NFL lead with a +3 mark in the turnover margin through two games. Minnesota is 37-4 when breaking even or winning the turnover battle in the O’Connell era. The Buccaneers are tied for the NFL’s second-worst mark at -4. They lost four fumbles in Week 1. Three of those were coughed up by QB Baker Mayfield, who also threw an interception in Week 2.

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