This week the Bucs travel to Western New York to take on the soon to be Ontario Bills. I saw this game as one of the three games which the Bucs could win this season. Yes, they could win, but, we'll discuss some matchup issues here.
Before we get into the meat of the discussion, I want to let Bud Light know, your new advertising campaign with the "Tailgate approved" crap, sucks. Anheiser-Busch is foreign owned now, and the advertising budget went overseas as well. Stupid, stupid campaign.
I see three keys to this weeks game.
Buffalo OL versus Bucs DL
Buffalo has assembled an offensive line which was on the field for the first time last week against the New England Patriots. Buffalo ran on the Patriots defense fairly well on Monday night, but the Bills, only have two roster players at running back, Fred Jackson and Xavier Omar, while Lynch is on his suspension.
Tampa made no real push on Tony Romo last week when the Cowboys visited Ray Jay. The expansion of stats, initiated by sports agents, i.e, quarterback hits, count for nothing. The Bucs D Line, is not putting pressure on quarterbacks. Not last year, and not so far, this year. And, not in this game.
Tampa TE's vs Buffalo LB
On Sunday night after the Bills/Pats game, it looked like the upcoming matchup would be a slamdunk for the Bucs. After all, the Buccos have Jeramey Stevens and Kellen Winslow and if they could get them in the game at the same time, PHEW~! However, the Pats go Benjamin Watson open down the middle because they can put Wes Welker and Randy Moss on the field at the same time. With Antionio Bryant out with a knee injury and the possible starting lineup of Mike Clayton and Maurice Stovall as wideouts, that strikes no fear in any defensive backs in the league. Winslow or Stevens and one of the rotational backs will score a touchdown.
News broke this afternoon that Bill's MLB Paul Posluzny will be out indefinitely with a broken arm.
Buffalo Offense v Bucs D
Fred Jackson had a good showing on Monday night against what looked like an aging, tired defense. Trent Edwards looked fairly mobile and with the sorry situation at the safety positions for the Bucs, Lee Evans and TO should light it up this week.
Bills 30 Bucs 21