Our staff provides their predictions and analysis as the Buccaneers look to snap a losing streak on a short week.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened up the season as a surprise team in the NFL but the franchise has fallen back to earth over the last two weeks. Following an early BYE week, the Buccaneers offense failed to show up in disappointing home defeats to the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons. The two-game losing streak forced the franchise out of first place in the NFC South.Things won't get any easier for Tampa Bay with the team traveling to Buffalo on a short week.
There's simply not enough firepower under first-year offensive coordinator Dave Canales. It also doesn't help that the playcalling seems to be simplified whenever the Buccaneers play a big game. Tampa Bay finished with the worst rushing 'attack' in the league last season after averaging 76.9 yards per game and 3.4 yards per rush. Somehow those numbers have waned further to 77.8 yards per game and 3.1 yards per rush.
Something has to change because right now the Buccaneers on offense are too easy to predict with a lot of game film for defensive coordinators to work with. With that being said, I don’t see them coming away with a win in a hostile Thursday Night Football Bills mafia crowd.Thursday night rarely goes the way people expect it to, and with just about everyone expecting the Bucs to fade into nothing it’s the perfect time to send Buffalo to a third loss in four games.
If Tampa Bay can win the turnover battle they will once again place themselves in a position to possibly win the game. The Buccaneers have been close to putting things completely together and will need to have a well-balanced game on both sides of the ball to have any chance this week. While the Buccaneers' defense is averaging near a league-low 17.3 points per game they have given up over 246 yards passing on average to teams per contest. The Bills have put up over 263 yards per game against opponents and will look to take advantage of a Bucs team that has let up explosive plays over the past few weeks.
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