Tampa Bay at Houston

These teams could both use an emotional lift with a win in game four here but the fact is, Tampa Bay needs one more than Houston. The Bucs started 0-7 last year and 1-12 through their first 13 games. They lost game four of the preseason a year ago to Houston. I'm not sure if a win means that much to Raheem Morris, but he has a young fragile team, and getting out on a winning note might be deemed motivational here. That is especially true since the Bucs were held to under 200 yards and just eight first downs last game (their first ATS loss of the preseason). While they don't matchup well with good teams playing starters most of the way, they do in this spot. Houston is off a big matchup vs. intrastate rival (and potential Super Bowl team) Dallas so I don't expect them to get up fo rthis one. I like Tampa Bay here.