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Don't be afraid of these Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it's not like they have the double-trouble duo of WD-40 (remember Warrick Dunn and Mike Alstott?) to run wild on opposing defenses.
This Tampa team is pure trash. Actually, they are worse than that. Fill in the blank: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are ________.
Either way, the New England Patriots are next up on the schedule and it's time for the Pats to take out the trash.
Is there any way the Bucs can compete with New England? No.
Well, if Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Laurence Maroney, Jerod Mayo and Brandon Merriweather were out of action, it would be a decent game. But I bet the Pats would win that, too.
The best storyline is that the game is being played at historic Wembley Stadium in London. Yes, it's the way that the NFL is trying to globalize real football, not that soccer crap that is so boring to watch except during the World Cup.
The fourth regular season NFL game played outside of the U.S. should be a smoke show from start to finish.
There's a reason why the Bucs are 0-6. Bad QB, offensive line, defense ...it all boils down to a long year in Tampa.
The biggest question that remains is how many points will the Pats hang up on this punchless Bucs group? Can they score 60 points? I doubt it, but the Pats did light up the Titans last week for 59. Watching last week's game reminded me of playing Madden on the PlayStation and going wild on the scoreboard. How much fun was that to watch?
This should be another laugher.
Teams need real weapons to beat other teams, and the Bucs don't have those guys. The QB play has been terrible. Byron Leftwich lost is starting job (are you shocked?) and now they're going with Josh Johnson (5 INTs already this year). It's only a matter of time before first-round pick Josh Freeman takes over.
Yikes, yikes, yikes.
Two key players to look out for on Tampa's offense are running back Cadillac Williams (276 yards rushing, 2 TDs), who has returned nicely from serious knee injuries, and the solider Kellen Winslow (29 catches, 286 yards, 4 TDS, which are all team-highs).
Rest assured the Pats will stop both of them and put the pressure on Johnson to drop back and win the game with his pee-shooter. And it won't happen.
New England's defense has held two opponents to 10 points or less, and the Bucs will be the third.
It's going to be an offensive show as Brady goes nuts through the air -- just like in Madden football.
I'll warn you now, it's not going to be pretty -- women and children be advised to cover your eyes. Watch the Pats run up and down the field like it's a track meet. They can score at will, and they will. Plus, after a complete butt-whoopin', the Pats get to fly back home and go on a mini vacation since it's their bye week.
What a better way to enjoy the bye than kicking the Bucs right in the fanny and laughing all the way back to Foxboro.
Yes, this week it's good to be a New England Patriots fan.
Prediction: Patriots, 41-6
Soccer is only boring to someone who does not follow a professional club. Following a club, much like the way you follow the Yankees, is the best way to find it not boring: Once you engrain yourself into your club, you find yourself checking the other scores to see how much farther up the table your club will progress. It truly makes the game less boring than you think it is.
ReplyDeleteI respect that you love soccer, but I'm too much of a football, baseball, basketball, hockey guy to be able to follow soccer like that ...although I love the World Cup ...but here's to American football this week in London!!!! Cheers!
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