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Sun 8 Nov 2026, 8:20PM ET

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2-5 · 2-1 awayLLWLW

VS

Chicago Bears

5-2 · 3-1 at homeWWLWW

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Chicago Bears prediction and odds · Sun 8 Nov

Chicago Bears host Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday 8 November.

Sunday 8 November 2026: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears host Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday 8 November. The bookies' prices make the Bears about a 7 in 10 chance to win. Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff.

How they've been scoring this season

	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Chicago Bears
Won-lost	2-5	5-2
Points scored per game	23.1	25.7
Points allowed per game	21.6	20.4
On the road / at home	2-1 away	3-1 at home
Last 5 games	LLWLW	WWLWW

Their games average 45.4 total points this season.

From the 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 7 Chicago Bears games on our books this season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Chicago Bears odds

Prices for this game

Best price: Bears pay $1.39, Buccaneers pay $3.40 (the best of 7 bookies we checked). $100 on the Bears returns $139.

Fair chance (our read of the prices, with the bookies' cut taken out): Bears about 7 in 10, Buccaneers about 3 in 10.

How much the bookies keep: about $3.88 of every $100 bet on this game.

Since betting opened: the price has barely moved.

Our pick for this game

Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff. Today's NFL picks are already up: see today's NFL picks.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Josh Hayes CBOut
• Josiah Trotter LBQuestionable
• Kenny Gainwell RBQuestionable
• Emeka Egbuka WRQuestionable
• Yaya Diaby LBQuestionable
• Luke Goedeke OTQuestionable
• Christian Rozeboom LBOut

Chicago Bears

• Anthony Johnson Jr. SOut
• Coby Bryant SOut
• Kyle Monangai RBQuestionable
• Jack Sanborn LBQuestionable
• T.J. Edwards LBQuestionable
• Cole Kmet TEOut
• Malik Muhammad II CBQuestionable

Availability updated Oct 29, 5:01AM UTC — NFL availability is season-pending (off-season); treat as a placeholder until the season opens. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Chicago Bears head-to-head record

Final scores · 7 meetings on record

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4–3 across the last 7 meetings · these games average 44.4 points (meetings on record since 2015)

Last meeting: Sun 17 Sep 2023, Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: the Buccaneers won 27-17.

Date	Game	Score	Winner
17 Sep 2023	Chicago Bears @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27–17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
24 Oct 2021	Chicago Bears @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	38–3	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8 Oct 2020	Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Chicago Bears	20–19	Chicago Bears
30 Sep 2018	Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Chicago Bears	48–10	Chicago Bears
17 Sep 2017	Chicago Bears @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	29–7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
13 Nov 2016	Chicago Bears @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	36–10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
27 Dec 2015	Chicago Bears @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21–26	Chicago Bears

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