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Sunday Oct 1, 4:05 PM - Giants at Tampa Bay

Giants (0-3) vs Bucs (1-1)
The Buccaneers played their game last Sunday in Minnesota. They fell behind 28-3 in the third quarter and that's all the points the Vikings really needed. There was some scoring, but Tampa lost the game 34-17.
The Giants were down 14-0, but came back strong in the fourth quarter. Then with the game looking to go into overtime, a 61 yard field goal gave the Eagles a 27-24 win with the clock running out.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
They played strong in the second half of last season and that got them to a 9-7 record for their first winning season in six years. They couldn't play in their season opener at home with Miami because of Hurricane Irma and that game has been pushed off to their bye week. They faced the Chicago Bears at home in the following week and came out with the force of a hurricane against the Bears, crushing them 29-7. Last week in Minnesota things did not go as well in a one sided loss. They were down a few starting defensive players and lost more of them during that game.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Offense
They have high hopes for third year quarterback Jameis Winston and are looking for him to improve on his touchdown-interception ratio, which stood at 57-42 going into this season. Now so far in two games he has thrown 3 touchdowns and has 3 interceptions. They signed on DeSean Jackson to help Winston with his deep passing game. Jackson is a credible threat especially going up against Eli Apple, who seems to be having problems this season.
Mike Evans had 96 receptions last season and 81 of them were first downs. Evans also had 12 touchdowns. Janoris Jenkins will have his hands full trying to deal with that. The running game was not the best last year, and though Jacquizz Rodgers and Peyton Barber did well in the first game, falling behind early last week, the team rushed the ball only 9 times for 26 yards.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defense
They were playing against a back up quarterback last week and were dismal. Filling in for an injured Sam Bradford, backup Case Keenum threw for a career-best 369 yards and 3 touchdowns. Injuries to the defense were the main cause, though this particular backup, an undrafted former practice squad player, has done well against the Bucs no matter what team he happens to be playing on. Sorely needed cornerback Brent Grimes will likely be back for this game. Grimes has had at least four interceptions in each of the past four years.
Special teams player Ryan Smith got his first start filling in for Grimes and he gave up two touchdown passes. Tampa Bay didn't generate much of a pass rush and the secondary was hurting without Grimes. The Bucs were tied for ninth in sacks last year, but have only one after two games so far. Tackle Gerald McCoy will give the Giants their biggest pressure up the middle and help to try to destroy their running game. Tampa will probably be missing linebackers Kwon Alexander and Lavonte David, and safety TJ Ward.

Giants Offense
The Giants have won their last two games with the Bucs. The last time Eli Manning faced them was in 2015 when Lovie Smith was the head coach. Manning threw for 213 yards with 2 touchdowns and had 2 interceptions. Before that in 2012, Manning threw for 510 yards and 3 touchdowns, but that was because he was throwing to make up for 3 interceptions. You probably won't remember much until I remind you, but Tom Coughlin and Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano got into it after Manning was knocked down after Schiano instructed his players to go all out to try to force a fumble on a kneel-down play. Dirk Koetter is now the current coach and Ben McAdoo likely won't see any antics this Sunday except maybe from his own foolish players after a successful touchdown play.
The offense showed signs of life last week in their loss to the Eagles. All of it came in the fourth quarter when they scored 24 points. Odell Beckham Jr. played more like his old self in his second game back, and McAdoo has made it known this week that if Beckham is one on one, he wants the ball thrown to him. Manning will likely go no huddle much of the game and throw as quickly as possible as he did last week to make up for his weak offensive line. As for the rushing game, the Giants have totaled 146 yards on the ground in three games. The Tampa Bay fans are celebrating.

Giants Defense
The Giants have not played well against the run this year, giving up 129, 138 and then 193 yards on the ground in their three games. They catch a break because lead running back Doug Martin is serving a three-game suspension. Martin would have been in this game except Tampa's opening game was postponed. In this game the defense would get a big boost if Manning's offense can jump to a nice lead, as Tampa tends to pull the trigger fast on their ground game.
That said, Eli Apple beware. There's no way any quarterback, especially one with a strong arm, would resist throwing against his coverage from what they've seen on tape. The good news is that defensive end Olivier Vernon is likely to play and that middle linebacker B.J. Goodson is expected to start at middle linebacker after missing two games. The bad news is that Jameis Winston is a mobile quarterback and can throw on the run.

Overall
The Giants average 47 yards per game. Tampa Bay averages 43. What kind of a game do you think this will be? Right, lots of balls flying though the air. Both teams will try to establish the run, and the Bucs will likely have more success with that, but big passing plays put points on the board when you need it. Both teams have receiving talent, but I'll take Eli Manning's accuracy over Jameis Winston. With Tampa's defense still hurting, the Giants should take this one.

NFC East Games
Sunday at 1:00pm Rams (2-1) at Cowboys (2-1)
Sunday at 4:05pm Bucs (1-1) at Giants (0-3)
Sunday at 4:05pm Eagles (2-1) at Chargers (0-3)
Monday at 8:30pm Redskins (2-1) at Chiefs (3-0)
The Cowboys are the only NFC East team favored to win in these games.
Notes.
Giants Eli Manning is 5-0 against the Bucs.

Giants former player Tiki Barber will be in the Fox broadcast for this Bucs-Giants game.

Giants are the only team in the NFL that has yet to reach 100 yards rushing.

Buccaneers Jameis Winston threw for franchise record totals of 4,090 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2016.

Buccaneers Jameis Winston is the youngest player in NFL history to throw 50 touchdown passes.

Buccaneers Mike Evans was targeted 173 times, the most in the NFL last season. Check out.
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