Bucs Vs. Lions: Unpacking Tampa Bay's Passing Advantage
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00:00 I'm taking the Buccaneers. I'm taking the Buccaneers and the points here. Actually,
00:07 I mean, I think I would be comfortable taking them on the money line as well. I think that
00:13 the Buccaneers have a couple avenues to success here. The first being, Craig, you're right.
00:17 I mean, Baker Mayfield, I think that the Cleveland Browns, if they truly in their heart of hearts
00:23 got a redo, I think that they would take a redo. They let Baker Mayfield go when he was,
00:29 he played through a torn labrum. And he clearly, I mean, it was the worst season of his career.
00:34 It was the only year of Baker's career when he was under 7.2 yards per attempt. He basically
00:41 bounced back to look exactly what he looked like in the 2020-11 win season when the Browns
00:47 hosted a playoff game. How about that? The Cleveland Browns moved on. They moved, they
00:52 said, you know what? We hosted a playoff game, but you know what, Baker? We're just going
00:56 to, we're going to toss you back on the scrap. Baker has been awesome this season. 4,000
01:02 passing yards, 28 touchdowns, 10 interceptions. He barely got sacked at all. One of the lowest
01:10 sack rates of his career. In fact, the second lowest sack rate of his entire career. And
01:15 weirdly, the Lions rushing defense being so good, I think actually benefits the Tampa
01:21 Bay Buccaneers because while Rashad White has been good for fantasy, Craig, I don't,
01:27 he's not been that good for their real life team, right? Because it's a lot of, a lot
01:31 of two yard runs, a lot of, you know, a lot of goal line possessions where they're really
01:35 trying to hammer the ball in there. And the two best players on the Buccaneers offense
01:41 are Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. And the Lions passing defense being so bad, I just, it's
01:47 not going to work out that well for them. So since week eight, no team has given up
01:51 more passing yards than the Detroit Lions. They are third and net passing yards allowed.
01:57 So that adjusts for touchdowns, interceptions and sacks. Like this is the, this is, you
02:01 know, basically the commanders passing defense transported to the NFL playoffs and the Buccaneers
02:07 do not have a great defense.
02:08 In fact, their defense is, is pretty mediocre, but they do have a pretty good pass rush.
02:13 They do get after the quarterback. I mean, that has been Craig, how long has Todd Bowles
02:18 been around and how long is his defense? That's just kind of been the thing to get after the
02:23 quarterback. So I I'm taking the Buccaneers on the points.
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