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Bengals vs. Buccaneers Prediction, Odds, Pick For NFL Week 1
- Both starters — Baker Mayfield and Joe Burrow — share a rare résumé: Heisman winners and former No. 1 overall draft picks.
- Mayfield has the edge head-to-head (3–0 as a starter vs. Burrow) and is deadly in openers with Tampa Bay (3–0 in Week 1, 9 TDs, 0 INT, 114.5 rating).
- Cincinnati’s defense was heavily revamped (adds like Dexter Lawrence II, Boye Mafe, Jonathan Allen), but Burrow’s recent turf-toe absence makes his health a key storyline — can he finally beat Mayfield?
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