jmt57

We're halfway through the week, the trade deadline has passed; isn't it about time to talk about Sunday's game? Even though the Pats won by 59 last week and the next opponent is 0-6, if there is any group of fans that should know they cannot take a win for granted, it should be fans of the Patriots.


Obviously these are not the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who had one of the most dominating defenses in NFL history when Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks and John Lynch led their team to the 2002 Super Bowl. Anybody else with some insight on Tampa Bay?

Some Bucs stats:

Defense
Yards per Game: 370.2 (27th)
Yards per Play: 6.0 (31st)
Points per Game: 28.0 (29th)
1st Downs per Game: 20.3 (24th)
3rd Down Percentage: 43% (28th)
3rd Downs Allowed: 33 (26th)

Passing Defense
Yards per Game: 198.5 (11th)
Yards per Attempt: 8.5 (32nd)
Completions: 61.5% (21st)
Touchdowns: 13 (30th)
Interceptions: 6 (24th)
20+ yard pass plays: 16 (18th)
40+ yard pass plays: 8 (32nd)
Sacks: 10 (23rd)
Opponent QB Rating: 101.0 (30th)

Rushing Defense
Yards per Game: 171.7 (31st)
Yards per Carry: 4.9 (31st)
Touchdowns: 6 (24th)
20+ yard run plays: 7 (28th)


Offense
Yards per Game: 277.7 (28th)
Yards per Play: 4.7 (26th)
Points per Game: 14.8 (27th)
1st Downs per Game: 16.0 (27th)
3rd Down Percentage: 32% (25th)
3rd Downs Made: 26 (17th)

Passing Offense
Yards per Game: 178.2 (22nd)
Yards per Attempt: 5.4 (30th)
Completions: 54.1% (28th)
Touchdowns: 7 (18th)
Interceptions: 8 (27th)
20+ yard pass plays: 13 (22nd)
40+ yard pass plays: 2 (16th)
Sacked: 12 (17th)
QB Rating: 64.9 (26th)

Rushing Offense
Yards per Game: 99.5 (21st)
Yards per Carry: 4.4 (9th)
Touchdowns: 3 (20th)
20+ yard run plays: 6 (4th)

Time of Possession: 28:56 (20th)
Turnover Differential: -1 (16th)

JSn

I'm surprised where they rank in passing yards allowed, actually. Do they have a shutdown corner in the mould of Revis who can chase Moss around pretty decently?

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spacecrime

No. Teams get a lead on them, and the Bucs give up an average of 5 yards per rush. Why pass, just run out the clock and go home.

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glm

There corners are a past his prime Ronde Barber and Aqib Talib, a sophmore CB who's looking pretty good. He had 4 picks in his rookie season and 3 so far this year (All in one game if IIRC).

Tucker

so it's possible that Maroney could have another big game this week eh?

BradyFTW!

Talib is really, really good. Pretty much everyone else sucks.

jmt57

Some links for Tampa Bay Bucs info:


Team Web Site: Buccaneers

Fan Forums: The Buccaneer Bulletin Board, Pewter Report

Newspapers: St Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sarasota Herald Tribune

Radio: WDAE 620, WQYK 1010, WHBO 1040

TV: CBS-10, FOX-13, ABC-28, NBC-8, Bay News 9

VJCPatriot

One of the worst defenses in the NFL. Ground defense is swiss cheese. Maroney et alia should truck over these guys. Air defense isn't much better. Throw at anyone besides Talib and you can get big gains, just look at the yards per pass stat.

I really don't see anything to be scared off except for a 'letdown' game from the Pats. Otherwise our offense should easily score 35+ and come away with the win.

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ALP

i dont expect the blowout of last week, but something similar is in line


and apparently talib is susceptible to double moves....i imagine hell take moss w/ some safety help...

the most important thing for me is to see how the line run blocks, and how maroney runs again

on top of that, i need to see what we have going as a 3rd WR, hoping that either if not both of nunn and tate will be active

and seeing how the TE's do, consiering baker has done crap this season so far, and that watson had a concussion

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Patspsycho

Their offense is good but their defense stinks, the one thing we have to watch out for is their ST. Stroughter is a nasty KR. I don't think Smith will be active by Sunday (concussion) so we have to deal with Stroughter.

They run the classic west coast "start with the run to set up the pass" so I see us staying in the 3-4.

I do see a blowout if we continue to see what we saw last week: an offense in sync and Brady in a groove.