Gameday Tampa Bay
September 18th, 2011
Week 2
Bucs at Vikings
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
TV: WTVT-TV Channel 13 locally, DirecTV 710.
Radio: Buccaneers Radio Network (in Tampa WFUS-FM, 103.5 and WDAE-AM, 620); Sirius Channel 104.
Weather: Per Accuweather.com, fall has hit the northwoods of the Midwest. Though the game is played in a soulless dome, tailgaters will be greeted with fall weather of temperatures of 56 degrees under cloudy skies. Following the game, the afternoon will warm up to 62.
Odds: Per Sportsbook.com, Bucs +2.
Outlook: There are are two schools of thought here. One is that Bucs running back LeGarrette Blount should be used early and often and even more. It was borderline inexcusable as he only got five touches. The holes were there yet he was barely used. This, as always, keeps the ball out of the hands of your opponent and more importantly in today’s case, it keeps the ball out of Adrian Peterson’s hands. The Vikings running back averages over 100 yards a game on the turf of that pit of a domed stadium in Minnesota. Over the hill Donovan McNabb will not beat the Bucs and Joe will be just fine if a rookie playing in his first NFL game (Christian Ponder) takes the field. But Peterson scares Joe because if last week’s game against the Lions is any window upon the season, the weakest link thus far on the Bucs is the linebackers. If Peterson is able to get a crease from the Vikings front wall, it could be a very ugly day (again) for the Bucs defense.
September 18th, 2011 at 11:17 am
Bucs In HD Today Cant Wait, Please Get 1 Sack Today Just 1 Is all Im Asking For
September 18th, 2011 at 11:22 am
Joes…God bless you guys and your photo collection.
September 18th, 2011 at 11:28 am
sorry joe but i cant see the photo, can you reupload or try with another else?
September 18th, 2011 at 11:39 am
aldo:
Photo is working just fine. Try refreshing your browser.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Agreed about the LB’s. I knew we were unexperienced/young there but it was worse than I expected last week. Here’s to hoping they prove us wrong this week
September 18th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Joe, you are absolutely right about one thing. Our LBers suck- and don’t blame Foster. He’s the one bright spot. Black and Hayes are Pathetic and virtually useless against the run.
Exactlly like last year. Not a bit different. Which infuriates me that Dominick did BOTHING to improve the unit, and then let our one good LBer leave.
Despite that, I think our young D-line has another good performance today, and Freeman lights up their secondary, with a large dose of Blount to help
Bucs win 31-10 . We get some sacks today!
September 18th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Today is the day for McCoy and Foster to prove they are worth their salt. Simply put, if they do, we win big. If not, yikes….
September 18th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Another Slow start…
Another Long Day?
September 18th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
That photographer should be kicked in teh nutz for taking a blurry photo of such a pretty girl.
September 18th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
It’s called soft focus, helps de-emphasize blemishes &/or allows them to be air-brushed or photoshopped, depending on the technology of the photo
September 18th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
It’s still a crime, just not accidental