Round Five: Commies/Bucs

Was this my pick for most low-key entertaining game of the weekend? Why would I bring it up if it wasn’t? Why am I typing this at all? (side-eyes the word counter)

To The Game!

Commies/Bucs:

-Fireworks Alert: Right here we’ve got two top five scoring offenses (Tampa 4th, Washington 5th) vs two below-averages defenses. Veags has set the point total (highest of the weekend) at 50.5. Tampa’s record vs the over this season is 12-5.

-Rookie to Keep an Eye On: Not that one, this one-wr Jalen McMillan scored at least one TD the last five games of the season to finish with seven total in those tilts.

-The big concern when previous OC Dave Canales left for the Carolina job (oh woe is him) was that the progress made with Mayfield would backslide. Well, take your hat off to Liam Cohen, who stepped in and has done such a good job that his name is being floating around in the coaching cycle.

-Baker has a total of 16 INT’s so far (to go along with 41 TD’s) but only three in his last four games.

-Up and Down: Washington has on its CV a midseason four game losing streak as well as a five game win streak to close out the year.

-As a coach Dan Quinn sports a fantastic 18-19 record as an underdog-that’s not against the spread, that’s winning outright.

-Tampa has averaged just under 32 points since the bye and they’re 6-1 during that time.

-Tampa’s win record includes victories over Detroit, the Commies, the Chargers and the Eagles. They’ve also had close losses to the Chiefs and Ravens.

-Bucky Irving Alert: Of all the teams in the playoffs Washington has the worst run defense, coming in at 30th. Tampa’s entire backfield has averaged over five yards a carry to close out the season.

-Let’s see how the Commies backfield is holding up. Oh my. Over their last four games they’re averaging 2,2 ypc. Ouch.

Have at it.