Tampa Bay Buccaneers Travel To LA To Take On The Rams

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams on Sunday. This will be quarterback Tom Brady’s first career start in Los Angeles. In two games so far Brady has thrown nine touchdowns for 655 yards, and a completion percentage of 65.1%. At 44 years old age means nothing to Brady, he’s playing like he’s 24 again.

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The Buccaneers And Rams Face-Off In Week 3

The Buccaneers will be playing the Rams who beat them last year 27-24. That loss obviously didn’t mean much as the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl. This year as both teams are 2-0 might be one of the toughest games on the schedule for Brady and the Bucs. As for Matthew Stafford and the Rams, this will be his first real test against a defense with a lot of talent like the Buccaneers have. The Bucs defense however has allowed 27 points per game so far this season. The question is can the Bucs allow fewer than 27 points on Sunday? The answer is yes but they need to force Stafford to make bad decisions with the football. Stafford has thrown five touchdown passes so far in his first two games with the Rams.

Buccaneers Receiver Lands On The COVID-19 Reserve List

With wide receiver Antonio Brown on the COVID-19 reserve list, it’s not certain if he’ll be available for the game on Sunday. That shouldn’t be a problem for Brady finding other weapons on the field. Tight end Rob Gronkowski has been explosive so far this season and has caught four touchdowns with 129 yards so far this season. I expect him to catch at least two touchdown passes on Sunday. If Brown is out I expect we’ll see more of Scotty Miller who was Brady’s go-to receiver last year. Miller had 501 yards in 2020 and 3 touchdowns. He’s a great receiver to get open over the middle and gain yardage after the catch.

Bruce Arians and Rob Gronkowski On This Week’s Matchup Against The Rams

Head coach Bruce Arians spoke to the media Wednesday about Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and gave him some high praise.

“Yeah, I think so much of it is the IQ of the guy you get, and Matt’s got a high IQ. He can spit the football out. He’s just got so much experience versus every coverage. Now, what did we call it, what do you call it? You get through that pretty quickly. So yeah, I think he’s one of the few guys – I know I’ve said it in the past – I like going out and watching warm up because he’s got such a tremendous arm and I have a ton of respect for him.”

Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski also spoke on Wednesday and talked about the Rams secondary.

“A lot of guys that play together. They play hard. They’ve got a [knack] to get to the ball – that’s what they love to do, make some plays. I would say that’s the type of defense that they are is to go get the ball and try to make an interception. So, you’ve got to be patient. You can’t make mistakes because they’re a sound defense. They know where to be, they know how to get to the ball, and they gang tackle pretty well too. When you do get the ball, they all come after you to get you down or to try and strip the ball from you.”

I think the Buccaneers will win this game 27-20. Brady throws for at least 300 yards and they’ll improve to 3-0. If they play mistake-free football they should have no problems. Hopefully, the defense plays better than they have the last two weeks though, They have let their opponents back in games when they shouldn’t have. I’m expecting from the defensive side on Sunday.