Tampa Bay versus New Orleans: Key Matchup Insights

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00:00I was trying to put it off circling back to it but I think we can keep it plain

00:07and simple or just focus on Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay ends up flying out to New

00:10Orleans early because of the hurricane down in Florida. Bucs have a bad taste in

00:15their mouth from losing that game that was very much in their grasp. They do

00:18have their own long list of injuries when it comes to their defense but as we

00:22just discussed so do the Saints. Questionable quarterback position and a

00:25number of other guys that got banged up in this mix-up but is there anything

00:28that you're looking at in particular with this one or some props that you're

00:31gonna start gauging when the numbers start coming out? Yeah, ultimately we

00:36want to see what the lines are once they're posted because obviously they

00:38won't be posted until there's clarity on the car news but as I said at halftime

00:42that was a massive half for the Saints moving forward throughout the rest of

00:47the season. The Bucs are, and even if Carr was healthy, I probably would still look

00:50like the Bucs. They're coming off of that extra rest with a Thursday night game

00:53like they get the mini bye. Again like you said they had that sour taste in

00:56their mouth. It's a divisional game. They got to show up. You know coming

01:01off a loss like another big Chris Godwin game. He's gonna get into the end zone.

01:04That will happen. Mike Evans we know that he does have some bad blood with the

01:08Saints as long as Marshawn Lattimore's not there, not getting into a fight, he's not

01:11getting ejected. It would be a Chris Godwin game for me but the news for

01:15Derek Carr is massively going to impact that line. I would not be surprised if

01:19he's out. We see that line sitting at 39-38 and a half could be a very low

01:23scoring game which means it's gonna be a ground game for the Bucs and that

01:27means Bucky Irving. I was wondering if you're gonna go for the Bucky love yet

01:31again but I completely agree. Mike Evans should be good to go. This team's gonna

01:34continue to juice him up to make sure he hits another 1,000 yard season but we

01:39talked about it in the pregame show. The Titans ability to gain yardage versus

01:44this Saints team and I think that the Bucs are gonna pull on that script again.

01:47Kedon's been getting a little bit more trust when it comes to his role with

01:51this offense so I wouldn't be surprised if we see his props be able to take off.

01:55I mean I think the other week he was coming in at over 33 and a half

01:59receiving yards. If he comes back at that total it's something that I'll be

02:02looking at. Even if it gets bumped up to the 40s it's something I'll be looking

02:05at because I think Kedon can handle that role and responsibility. Wouldn't be

02:09surprised to see a big game out of both Evans as well as Chris Godwin. You go for

02:14the Chris Godwin touchdown. I'm gonna stick with the Mike Evans Teddy because I

02:18just think that they always want to highlight one of the most underrated

02:21guys in the league and I promise guys it's not just Tampa Bay talk that's just

02:25my own personal opinion when it comes to Mike Evans and what he does for this

02:29matchup. But we'll keep an eye out on the injury reports. Hopefully some guys come

02:32back in queue for the Bucs. Having to head out early would probably affect

02:36some of the players that were sitting questionable to potentially make that

02:39comeback in but we'll see what takes place with that.