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Will Matt Stafford be the third QB in as many weeks to shred a Todd Bowles’ defense?
Since the bye, the Bucs have shown they are at the mercy of opposing quarterbacks.
Coming off the bye, the Bucs faced one of the best young quarterbacks in the game, Drake Maye. He only lit up the Bucs defense.
Then the Bucs faced a future Hall of Famer. He only tied a near-60 year old record, a record Josh Allen himself had established by being part of six touchdowns in a game: three throwing and three running. Allen is the only quarterback to do that in the Super Bowl era.
Tomorrow, the Bucs may be facing the best quarterback in the league, Matt Stafford. In primetime. Without their best corner.
Oh, boy!
Earlier this week, Bucs coach Todd Bowles wasn’t so sure Stafford is playing his best ball. That wasn’t a blast at Stafford at all. Instead, Bowles believes, Stafford has been playing elite ball for a long time.
> “I’m not sure he’s playing his best – he’s been great for years now,” Bowles said. “He knows exactly where to go with the football.
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> “He’s very accurate, a heck of a competitor, and one of the toughest guys to play against. He knows the offense inside and out, and he’s having fun – he’s really driving the boat for them.”
Given how the Bucs’ defense has been diced and sliced the past two weeks by top-shelf quarterbacks, and Stafford runs a Sean McVay offense (McKay is Bowles’ kryptonite), Joe doesn’t know how the Bucs will slow down Stafford.
Joe guesses the best thing about Sunday night’s game is that Cooper Kupp won’t be on the field for the Rams.