We’re just thirty minutes away from the start of Week 3 action in central Florida between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and your Minnesota Vikings. Let’s get all the information they need to get ready for today’s game.
Date and Time: Sunday, 27 September 2026, 3:05 PM Central Time
Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
weather: Partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the mid-80s, light winds
Television Coverage: KMSP-9 in the Twin Cities, FOX affiliates nationwide, YouTube TV Sunday Ticket
Radio Range: Vikings Radio Network, SiriusXM Channel 264, SiriusXM App Channel 820
Line: Vikings -1.5, Over/Under 42.5
Chris guessed: Vikings 24, Buccaneers 13
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1) Keep Kyler Murray upright – Murray is coming back from a concussion and looked a little shaky in the short time he was on the field in the season opener. The Bucs’ pass defense has been suspect in their first two games, so if the offensive line can stop the Tampa pass rush from Murray, it should give him a chance to make some plays down the field. Hopefully Murray’s return will give the Minnesota passing game a shot in the arm.
2) Keep the pressure on – Brian Flores has had the Vikings defense driving opposing quarterbacks crazy for the first two weeks of the season, and it’s been very effective. Now, he faces Baker Mayfield, who has been very good against the blitz this season. I don’t expect Flores to change things too much, but the Vikings need to get Mayfield on the ground when they get to him, or it’s going to, potentially, make for a long afternoon for the Minnesota secondary.
3) Winning the turnover battle – The Vikings haven’t turned the ball over since Murray’s interception on the second offensive play of the season. They won the turnover battle in each of their first two games, and in the Kevin O’Connell era, the Vikings have a winning percentage over .900 when they are equal or better in plus/minus ratio when it comes to turnovers. The Bucs, on the other hand, have forced just one turnover through two games and enter this one with one of the league’s worst turnover ratios at -4. If the Vikings can control the ball, they should come out of this with a win.
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Enjoy the game, everyone! Here’s hoping that in about three hours or so, we can all be back here talking about how great it is to be 3-0 and get ready to go back to US Bank Stadium again next week with the division in command.
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