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The Coach's NFLX Saturday Night *BLOCKBUSTER* - (6-1 NFLX YTD)
(NFL) Cleveland vs. Tampa Bay,
Money Line: -130.00 Tampa Bay (Home)
Result: Loss
Money Line: -130.00 Tampa Bay (Home)
Result: Loss
The Tampa Bucs will host Cleveland in a Week 3 pre-season match-up on Saturday, and the Bucs have looked pretty solid so far. I like the home team here in a game that should see plenty of playing time for both team's starters.
Here are my keys to the game:
1. Quarterbacks - Johnny Manziel has been sidelined by a sore elbow, leaving Cleveland's offense in the hands of former Tampa QB Josh McCown. The 36 year old threw 14 interceptions and just 11 TD passes for the Bucs last year, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that he was picked off twice, and sacked three times while throwing for just 57 yards last week in a loss to Buffalo. The Bucs are in much better shape, with Jamies Winston and Mike Glennon both playing well so far in the pre-season.
2. Bucs Defense - Last week Tampa's secondary picked off Andy Dalton twice, and the Bucs sacked Cincinnati's quarterbacks four times for a loss of 33 yards.
3 X-Factor - The Browns are just 1-5 in the pre-season under Mike Pettine over the last two seasons.
Selection: This is a play on the Tampa Bay Bucs (8*)
Here are my keys to the game:
1. Quarterbacks - Johnny Manziel has been sidelined by a sore elbow, leaving Cleveland's offense in the hands of former Tampa QB Josh McCown. The 36 year old threw 14 interceptions and just 11 TD passes for the Bucs last year, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that he was picked off twice, and sacked three times while throwing for just 57 yards last week in a loss to Buffalo. The Bucs are in much better shape, with Jamies Winston and Mike Glennon both playing well so far in the pre-season.
2. Bucs Defense - Last week Tampa's secondary picked off Andy Dalton twice, and the Bucs sacked Cincinnati's quarterbacks four times for a loss of 33 yards.
3 X-Factor - The Browns are just 1-5 in the pre-season under Mike Pettine over the last two seasons.
Selection: This is a play on the Tampa Bay Bucs (8*)