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NFL week 8 odds: 5-2 Raiders are somehow underdogs again to Buccaneers

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I am really beginning to wonder about who is making these betting lines for the Raiders. Last week at 4-2, they were 1-point underdogs to the 2-win Jaguars. They dispensed with the Jags on their field 33-16 to improve to 5-2 only to find themselves once again underdogs to the 3-3 Buccaneeers in Tampa.

Here are the odds courtesy of OddsShark:

TEAMS
Oakland
Tampa Bay
Total
OPENING
+1 -110
-1 -110
49.5
o -110
u -110
5DIMES.EU
0 +105
0 -125
49.5
o -110
u -110
BETONLINE.AG
+1.5 -110
-1.5 -110
49.5
o -110
u -110
BETNOW.EU
+1.5 -105
-1.5 -115
49.5
o -115
u -105
MYBOOKIE.AG
+1.5 -115
-1.5 -105
49.5
o -110
u -110
SPORTSBETTING.AG
+1.5 -110
-1.5 -110
49.5
o -110
u -110
BOVADA.LV
+1 -115
-1 -105
49.5
o -110
u -110

So far this season, the oddsmakers' line has favored to home team in each of the Raiders' road games. And every time, the Raiders have come out victorious. They are now 4-0 on the road this season -- all of those games having an early start time and two of which were in the Eastern time zone.

So, apparently Vegas oddsmakers must just think they're due.