Monday Nite Game - Week 14 - 2008

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Tampa Bay @ Carolina

Talk about 2 teams as even as can be, you have it here, both are 6-0 at home and both are 3-3 on the road. The only thing that stands out between them is the turnover avg. Tampa Bays turnover avg. for road games is 2.3 with penalty avg. of 6 -48yds. Turnover avg. for home games for Carolina is 0.8 with penalty avg. of 7-53yds.
So just from them stats. Carolina needs to turn up the pressure on Garcia and maybe work on getting some fumbles.

Carolinas DE Julius Peppers needs to get tougher this game and find a way to get around TBs OLT Donald Penn and put pressure on Garcia. Tampa Bay will again feed the ball alot to Warrick Dunn and Cadillac Williams, if pass rush defense gets to heavy.

Carolina can beat any team on the ground when RB DeAngelo Williams is having a good game, like 9 TDs in his last 5 games. But, WR Steve Smith will have to be tops Monday nite also. Carolina has to try and stop Bucs MLB Ruud, at times he seems to have a natural attraction to football carriers and knocking them for losses...

Look for Carolinas Williams and Stewart to combined for 110 to 115 yds. look for WR Smith to get 95 to 100 yds receiving and maybe one TD. QB Delhomme probably will have one INT.

Look for Tampa Bays Antonio Bryant to get 55 to 60 yds receiving and even though Garcia could throw 220 to 230 yards, the 2 turnovers will negate that.

Over all this should be a good game to watch, with alot riding on the outcome...I just don't see Carolina collapsing at home like Tampa does on the road. Like so many other games around, look for sacks and TOs to be the deciding factor in tonites game. TB HAS ALLOWED 10 SACKS IN THE LAST 2 GAMES. CAR DE JULIUS PEPPERS HAS 7 SACKS IN THE LAST 4 GAMES... MY PICK - CAROLINA