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2025 NFL Week 2 betting – Monday Night Football: Buccaneers-Texans and Chargers-Raiders

The NFL’s Week 2 slate wraps up with a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Houston Texans (-2.5, 42.5) to get things started (7 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN), followed by the Las Vegas Raiders hosting the Los Angeles Chargers (-3.5, 46.5) in the nightcap (10 p.m. ET on ESPN).
From odds and trends to picks, props and analysis from our experts, here’s everything you need to help make your decisions at the betting window.
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The Buccaneers went on the road and got a big performance from rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka in a 23-20 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1, while the Texans couldn’t get anything going in a 14-9 road loss to the Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams.
The Buccaneers are the odds-on favorite to win the NFC South at -200, while the Texans now find themselves co-favorites with the Jacksonville Jaguars at +185 in the AFC South.
Houston is a 2.5-point favorite in the second game of Monday night’s doubleheader.
Buccaneers-Texans game bets
Buccaneers +2.5 (Even)
Maldonado: This is on the premise that Houston doesn’t get its act together fast. The Texans were stuck in neutral in Week 1 — bottom three in success rate and a league-worst third-down rate (22%) — and played way too much 11 personnel behind a shaky offensive line. If adjustments aren’t made, C.J. Stroud could be in for another long night. Tampa’s defense just held Atlanta to 2.5 yards per carry and made Michael Penix Jr. settle for a quick-passing game script. With Vita Vea clogging lanes and Haason Reddick screaming off the edge, Nick Chubb isn’t likely to save Houston, especially with no role in the passing game. Baker Mayfield isn’t perfect, but he has Mike Evans and Emeka Egbuka to work with, and his defense can carry the weight. If the Texans don’t fix things quick, the Bucs could be the ones cashing in on Sunday night.
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Trump administration launches pilot program for air taxis : NPR


An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, flies above the Joby eVTOL aircraft, during a demonstration of eVTOLs Nov. 13, 2023, in New York.
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The Trump administration has unveiled a pilot program to accelerate the use of electric air taxis, a move aimed at establishing U.S. dominance in airspace technology.
The Department of Transportation on Friday said the Federal Aviation Administration’s Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) will develop “new frameworks and regulations for enabling safe operations” and form partnerships with private sector companies as well as with state and local governments.
“The next great technological revolution in aviation is here,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement on Friday. “The United States will lead the way, and doing so will cement America’s status as a global leader in transportation innovation. That means more high-paying manufacturing jobs and economic opportunity.”
The program will include at least five pilot projects and will run for three years after the first project is up and running, the department said. The program will also include piloted and unmanned operations that focus on electric air taxis, also called an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft or eVTOL, that can help with delivering cargo and supplies. The aircraft will also be used to test their effectiveness in emergency situations, such as airlift and medical transport.
The program would allow the testing of aircraft both unmanned and piloted, and which may be capable of carrying passengers, before they complete FAA certification, a process that can take years. Aircraft must have FAA certification before carrying cargo or passengers when flying commercially, according to federal regulations.
This is not the first time the FAA has considered air taxis for future use.
In June 2023, the FAA greenlit a plan from Joby Aviation, a California-based aviation company, to begin test flights of an electric flying taxi prototype. The company on Friday announced plans to participate in the pilot program.
“We’ve spent more than 15 years building the aircraft technology and operational capabilities that are defining advanced aerial mobility, and we’re ready to bring our services to communities,” Joby’s chief policy officer Greg Bowles said in a statement. “We look forward to demonstrating our aircraft’s maturity and delivering early operations in cities and states nationwide.”
Another company, Archer Aviation, also said Friday that it plans to participate in the program.
“We’ll demonstrate that air taxis can operate safely and quietly,” Archer founder and CEO Adam Goldstein said in a statement. “These early flights will help cement American leadership in advanced aviation and set the stage for scaled commercial operations in the U.S. and beyond.”
The FAA said it is accepting proposals and a minimum of five participants will be selected, according to an unpublished federal notice about the program that is set to become public on Tuesday.
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Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars

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Football Improves to 3-0 With Win Over Langston

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros football team won their third-straight game by beating the Langston Lions 80-0 on Saturday at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium in front of a sellout crowd of 12,552.
The Vaqueros (3-0) are the third brand new FCS program to start 3-0 in their inaugural season since 2008, joining Kennesaw State (2015) and South Alabama (2009).
Senior Sharyland Pioneer alum Eddie Lee Marburger played most of the first half, going 12-for-19 for 206 yards, including three touchdowns. Sophomore Xayvion Noland caught two of those touchdowns while gaining 151 yards on five completions.
Marburger found Noland twice on the Vaqueros’ first drive, pitching forward to Noland on first down for 30 yards, and one play later, completing a 42-yard pass to the right that led to the game’s first touchdown.
With under two minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Vaqueros lined up to punt on fourth down but snapped to freshman Tyler Day who ran 70 yards for the touchdown to put the Vaqueros up 14-0.
On the Lions’ (0-3) next drive, senior Elijah Graham recorded the first interception in program history and then raced 26 yards into the end zone for the touchdown, making the score 21-0. Graham finished the night with four tackles, two solo, and two interceptions.
Sophomore Brysen Gardner split the uprights with a field goal on the opening drive of the second quarter to put the Vaqueros up 24-0.
On the third play of the Vaqueros’ next drive, Marburger sent a deep pass down the left side to freshman Tony Diaz who scored on a 35-yard catch to give the Vaqueros a 31-0 lead.
After forcing a three and out, the Vaqueros put together a six-play, 58-yard drive capped by a 14-yard touchdown run by freshman TJ Dement to make the score 38-0.
Less than two minutes before halftime, Marburger sent a long pass to Noland down the right side. Noland caught the ball at the 27, spun past his defender, and then cut across the field before running into the left corner of the end zone for the touchdown, making the score 45-0.
On the fourth play of the Lions’ next drive, Graham came up with an interception and freshman San Benito alum Fabian Garcia immediately followed with a 21-yard rushing touchdown to give the Vaqueros a 52-0 halftime lead.
Freshman Aidan Jakobsohn opened the third quarter with an 8-yard touchdown pass to freshman Cameron Glenn on the fourth play of the first drive. On the Vaqueros’ next drive, junior Djouvensky Schlenbaker notched a 63-yard rushing touchdown to make the score 66-0.
Jakobsohn added a 15-yard touchdown pass to graduate student Javien Cuff in the middle of the quarter to put the Vaqueros up 73-0.
Jakobsohn finished 4-for-5 for 65 yards and two touchdowns while playing the end of the second and most of the third quarter.
Freshman Broderick Taylor opened the fourth quarter with three-straight rushes, the last of which was a 33-yard touchdown to put the Vaqueros up 80-0.
Redshirt freshman Brennan Carroll ran for 134 yards on seven carries with a long of 75 yards. Redshirt freshmen Jaiden Haygood and Jackson Waid led UTRGV with five tackles each.
UTRGV hosts Texas Wesleyan on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium.
A limited number of individual tickets go on sale Friday at 8 a.m. at UTRGVTickets.com.
The action starts with KRGV’s Vaqueros Game Day at 10 a.m. in Schlotzsky’s Vaquero Village at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. Tailgating at Vackar Stadium begins at 2 p.m. The Vaqueros Walk is at 4:45 p.m. in the H-E-B Tailgate Zone followed by a pep rally in the amphitheater. Fans do not need a game ticket to access Vaqueros Game Day or the tailgating areas.
Gates to Vackar Stadium open at 5:30 p.m.
Fans can learn more about game day, including parking information, maps, and the clear bag policy, by visiting RallyTheValley.com.
Fans can watch online domestically on ESPN+ and internationally on Southland International.
Fans can listen in English locally on Ultra 90.1 FM, in Laredo on Pure Country 95.7 FM, and online via the Radio Para Mi app, and in Spanish locally on KYWW 1530 AM Puro Tejano and KGBT-FM 98.5 La Preferida and online via the Uforia app.
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