Tampa Bay Buccaneers Face Carolina Panthers in Crucial Game

SportsGrid

Watch Tampa Bay Buccaneers Face Carolina Panthers in Crucial Game - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00Today, the Tampa Bay Bucs need a victory against the Carolina

00:03Panthers. And as we've seen, easier said than done. Last

00:08week, Carolina upsets the Arizona Cardinals in a 36-30

00:13overtime victory. However, it'll be a little more difficult

00:16going into this game against the Bucs, because they will be

00:18without Shuba Hubbard, who's had an excellent season for the

00:22Panthers. Multiple touchdowns last week, double digits on the

00:25season, just under 1,200 rushing yards. And I think that

00:29is part of the reason, along with Tampa needing the game,

00:33Leecey, we're seeing a double-digit number right now in

00:36favor of the Bucs.

00:36Yeah, last time they played, it was an overtime game, 23-20.

00:40Carolina got the cover, didn't win the ballgame outright.

00:42Tampa did prevail in terms of overtime. And you have a team

00:46in Tampa that's playing at home, better home team. They stepped

00:49up. Again, they should be able to win this game. Eight and a

00:52half, though, Kev, even without Shuba Hubbard in terms of a

00:55divisional matchup, just a lot of points. Even though Tampa Bay

00:59needs this game, again, I still think Carolina could be within

01:02margin. The total 47 and a half, 48 with bad weather does scare

01:07me just a little bit. I would lean to the under to see how the

01:10first half plays out, see if you could pick it up, potentially

01:13Donnie into the mid-30s. I want to see that track. I want to see

01:17if it's wet. I want to see if it's rainy. And then I would

01:19back a total in terms of that perspective. Look for Rashad

01:22White, Bucky Irvin to be more of a factor. They would try to be

01:26that factor in terms of the first half of that matchup. And

01:29Dallas was able to shut them down in the second half. Baker

01:32did have success through the air. Again, I would love to lean

01:35to the over, but it's an under for me. And I think Carolina does

01:38cover this line.

01:39And by the way, we're a little bit unlucky in this because

01:41heavy rain is supposed to be through a majority of this game.

01:44Now, is it heavy where it's a thunderstorm? It passes in 15

01:47minutes. Does it linger? That's what we don't know yet, which

01:49is the battle of actually trying to figure that out. But for me,

01:52I went opposite of like yardage. I thought Baker Mayford have a

01:54big day. The running game should because Carolina is one of the

01:57worst defenses in the NFL. And as we've pointed out multiple

01:59times, Carolina doesn't need the game. And certainly Tampa Bay

02:02does as well. But for me, I look at that double digits. And by

02:04the way, is anybody affected by the rain? 47 and a half opening

02:07number 47 and a half today. When I tell you heavy rain is in the

02:10forecast, nobody cares because you're still thinking like, oh,

02:13you know what? No matter what that Tampa Bay offense is going

02:15to get nuts and probably it should. Mike Evans also closing

02:18in on 1000 yard season. He's going to get a ton of targets. I

02:20think he's going to score a touchdown today. I think

02:22multiple touchdown opportunities for Baker Mayfield in the air as

02:25well. The one thing we just don't know is how that weather

02:28is actually going to play out because we do talk about it a

02:31lot. It can rain. That's fine. If it's not a lot of wind out

02:33there, that's going to push that football around. A lot of points

02:36can still be had. But the one thing I do worry about Carolina

02:38too is Bryce Young comes in this game banged up too. And I

02:41joked yesterday trying to find a Chuba Hubbard number like, hey,

02:43it's raining. He's probably going to be their only offense

02:45like money getting any numbers had no idea a couple hours

02:48earlier. He was placed on IR which again shows you like

02:51Kevin pointed out with the Dallas Cowboys. That white flag

02:53is whipping around that locker room where you see star players

02:56not playing because you know they can possibly play but

02:59aren't going to play. That's going to feed into Tampa Bay

03:01rolling them today. Yeah, it's this weird spot where I could

03:05see the box really dialed in. But the number is nuts to me

03:10like I pouring rain 10 and a high number. It's crazy. The

03:15books are maybe they're not because it's up to what the

03:19better does. But the numbers on the Panthers never make sense

03:23week over week. Yeah, they just absolutely don't right. They go

03:26and lay to Dallas and what are you doing? And then it's like,

03:29all right, you're catching six format from the Cardinals at

03:33home. What are you doing? And now it's like, Oh, Tampa is

03:37going to roll this team. The books just hosted Vegas three

03:40games ago late under a touchdown at home. This

03:43Carolina team again, it puts everybody they play. It seems

03:46like on upset alert here. It's a huge number. It is. We see this

03:51get clipped. Like I look forward to it because I assume we will

03:56run back the same thing from last year of the well, they need

03:59the game. Of course, they're going to win. And it doesn't

04:02always play out that way. And it certainly doesn't mean that just

04:05because you need it. You're going to run in high. Yeah,

04:07correct. So I think Tampa's laying a little too much with

04:09that said paint Durham through 20. What a sizzle melon would

04:13have been milling 39 and a half. That's secondary option. No

04:16numbers on Palmer, right? He's in there, but you get none. No,

04:19Kate. What is it with the last name Palmer Ryan Miller? Is it

04:23Ryan Miller down to now? Wow. No, Kate Otten as well. No

04:28Sterling Shepherd creates extra targets last week. Durham had

04:32five catches on seven targets for 29 yards. I think that keeps

04:36the yardage number low. I'm not going to bet the receptions

04:39because pain Durham isn't going to be someone that averages six

04:42yards per reception. It doesn't have to be that way. 23 and a

04:46half is such a low number. He could very well hit one down the

04:49seam that clears that on just a single reception. One of my

04:53favorite props on this board here today is paying Durham over

04:5623 and a half. It's great. Look, Baker loves the tight end. So

04:59it doesn't matter who's in there. If there's going to be

05:01bad weather, he'll check down. He'll find the open receiver. So

05:04it's a great look. Again, I can't play this from a pre kick

05:08because I do want to see how the weather does play out. Once I

05:11get eyes on it in terms of one o'clock, I'll make an assessment

05:14done. But you might have eight, nine minutes with no scoring.

05:17And because of the weather, you might then all of a sudden get

05:20an overreaction where they start hammering this number down. We

05:24might pick it up in terms of 3132. You might get an 18 point

05:28discount in terms of some, you know, some shops. So take a look

05:31at it. Raheem Blackshear, the former Rutgers star, and you get

05:35Mike Boone, former Cincinnati and Minnesota running back will

05:38take over the duties for Carolina. Flip a coin on which

05:43one they're gonna go with, right? Is it Blackshear or

05:45Boone? Boone has, I guess, more NFL experience starting more.

05:49You want to take a shot? I mean, I would have thought it would

05:51have been Blackshear younger. He's been with Carolina. It's

05:54got better vision, more elusive. It's just Boone is more of a

05:57physical type of runner. It all depends on how Carolina wants to

06:01play this game. Yeah, watch out for getting sacked on the

06:03backside today for your quarterback. We're having those

06:05guys trying to pick up some blocks for you. But I went

06:07actually more of a touchdown route today than a yardage

06:10route. You still see the 47 and a half. I think you get some

06:12sloppy playing football, which means multiple touchdowns.

06:15You're expecting Tampa Bay's 29 and a half as their team total

06:18today. So expectancy of around four touchdowns. So I took a

06:21couple of, I got Mike Evans, like we'll see it later, minus

06:23115 to score a touchdown today. Seems so low at this point with

06:27a 29 and a half total.

Category

Transcript

Recommended