Week 3 Giants - Buccaneers Preview

When: Sunday, September 27th, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Where:  Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL  - TV: FOX

This coming Sunday the New York Giants will be traveling to Tampa Bay to take on their former teammate Derrick Ward and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay may be 0-2 but they have a good rushing attack and a team full of young talent.   I have broken down the keys for the Giants to win this game,  below.

Keys to the game:

•  The obvious here is that the Giants need to get back to stopping the run and this Buccaneer team ran all over the Cowboys in week 1, so don't take them lightly.  They have three very strong running backs in Ernest Graham, Cadillac Williams and of coarse Derrick Ward.  Stopping the run will force Byron Leftwich to pass and with his long delivery it will give the Giants defensive line time to get to him.
  
• I believe this will be the game the Giants get their running game going.  I really don't expect teams to continue to bring a safety up for the run.  Especially the Bucs who have been torched in the first two games with deep passes for touchdowns.  
• Also what comes with the running game is the red zone offense and I believe the Giants will score their first red zone touchdown this season.  I may be wrong but I don't believe they have scored one yet.

If the Giants can execute my keys to the game they will surely come back home to New York with a win.

Final Score: Giants 24 Bucaneers 13
2009 Prediction Record: 2-0