Sunday Shareholder Report | Justin Andrew and PredictionStrike
What were 14 teams has now been trimmed down to 8. Sadly, there are only 7 games left of football for the season until I'm here writing about the impact of free agency and the off-season. However, the NFL has given us two games great games for Divisional Sunday.
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Los Angeles Rams
@ Tampa Bay
Buccaneers
In what could be the best game of the weekend the Rams and
Buccaneers face off just one week after dismantling their opponents. Earlier in
the season Tom
Brady (-3%, $18.66) threw the ball 55 times and scored only once on
those throws while running in another. However, in the grand scheme of things
it didn't matter as they were flat out embarrassed.
The key this game is going to be if the Buccaneers can get
anything going on the ground with Leonard
Fournette ($9.89) and Ke'shawn Vaughn
($4.47). The last time these teams squared off the Buccaneers were held to
under 50 rushing yards on their 13 attempts. With the way, their passing
defense has been playing the Buccaneers can't afford to have many three and
outs against the potent Rams offense.
The last time these teams played Tom Brady had Chris Godwin
($10.52), and this time he's going to be short-handed with his weapons.
However, Mike
Evans (15%, $11.08)is still an elite receiver and Tom will also have Rob Gronkowski
(-2%, $6.22). While Tampa Bays' receiving core isn't as stout as it once was
it's impossible to discount Tom Brady delivering with a roster devoid of deep pass-catching
talent…as he's done that for most of his career. One name I'm still hanging my
hat on is Breshard
Perriman (-1%, $1.57). I predict that if Tampa pulls off the upset it’s
Perriman who delivers a meaningful touchdown in this game.
As for the Rams, they have the clear talent advantage in
this game. They're loaded on both sides of the ball with Aaron Donald and Jalen
Ramsey. Matthew
Stafford (7%, $4.98) is going to have a bevy of options to throw to in Cooper Kupp
(-7%,%11.66), Odell Beckham
(18%, $1.65), Tyler Higbee
(-5%, $2.20), and Van Jefferson
(-12%, $0.90). As I mentioned earlier this game interests me mainly because I
think the Buccaneers can win if they get their ground game going, but this Los
Angeles offense has so much talent that I think if Tampa could hold them to a
field goal in every position that's a victory.
As much talent as the Rams have there are two key factors
play into this game. I call it the Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay effect.
Stafford is a tremendous quarterback, but when the going gets tough Stafford
has a habit of poor decision making and those mistakes can compound throughout
the game. It's a similar factor with McVay in that sometimes he gets fairly
arrogant with his scheme and doesn't always take what the defense gives him. I
could see a scenario where McVay tries to prove his brilliance by running Cam Akers
(7%, $7.02) against the Tampa front seven instead of taking advantage of their
poor pass defense.
Buffalo Bills @ Kansas City Chiefs
This is another matchup in which two teams are facing each
other for the second time this season, and the first matchup wasn't even close.
Don't discount the fact that the last time these two teams played they had a
multiple-hour weather delay that could have played a factor.
Josh Allen
(18%, $22.46) is coming off another impressive performance after destroying the
New England defense. While Josh Allen has been fantastic over the last 2 years
throwing the ball, I noticed last week Brian Daboll has no problem drawing up
those designed runs for Allen. This game will tell us if that was intentional,
and necessary, as they had to get creative given the fact they were playing the
same team for the third time in 41 days. I believe that Daboll will continue to
use Allens' legs tonight, and it will be interesting to see if the Chiefs again
find a way to contain him to the pocket as they did almost a year ago from
today.
One thing the Bills have going for them is that they seem to
have found 4 legitimate wide receivers who are all healthy and playing great
football. Stefon
Diggs (-12%, $7.57), Gabriel Davis
(11%, $1.85), Emmanuel
Sanders (4%, $1.12), Isaiah McKenzie
(25%, $1.24), and even Cole Beasley
(-14%, $2.84) are all emerging down the stretch as the Bills attempt to find
their way to the Super Bowl. It also helps that Devin
Singletary (31%, $2.22) has emerged over the last 5 games. With
Singletary and the receiving core, I expect that this game will not be the
offensive disaster we saw last year.
The reality of the situation is that the Bills will face
their hardest test on defense since losing Tre White against the New Orleans
Saints. Since that game, the only quarterback the Bills have faced has been Tom
Brady. This game is going to make the Bills prove themselves all over again while
proving they can stop Patrick Mahomes
(16%, $15.37) and this offense.
The Chiefs may have whiffed on Clyde
Edwards-Helaire ($2.36), but that
doesn't mean the Chiefs can't move the ball on the ground. As we found out last
week, Jerick
Mckinnon (2%, $1.42) filled in admirably and helped dismantle the
Pittsburgh run defense. When you combine Kansas City's ability to run the
football with their stacked receiving core in Tyreek Hill
(-1%, $8.22), Travis Kelce
(13%, $8.83), and as of late Byron Pringle
(40%, $2.40) there is no limit to what this offense can do. With the threats
they present I'm squarely focused on how Buffalo opts to defend Kansas City
this game without their best pass defender.
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