How Do the Buccaneers Keep Up With the Saints?
Control the Clock
With the Bucs riding high these past four weeks they have to keep it up if they want to stop the potent New Orleans Saints offense. But, the Saints are coming off a brutal loss at home where Drew Brees didn’t have a touchdown. If I were the Bucs I would be on edge going against an angry Brees. The Saints will score so the Bucs need to score more. The best way to do that is to have an efficient offense. The Bucs time of possession has averaged 34:26 over the past four games, more time the offense has the ball means the less time the opponent has the ball.
The best way to control the clock is an effective ground game. Doug Martin has been less than spectacular this season averaging 3 yards per carry but they should have Jacquizz Rodgers and Charles Sims all healthy and active for this game. The Saints don’t have a good defense but they have gotten better against the run lately. If the Bucs want to win this game they have to keep the Saints off the scoreboard, to do that keep them off the field.