{"id":29624,"date":"2021-10-08T03:48:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T03:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=29624"},"modified":"2021-10-08T03:48:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T03:48:49","slug":"tom-brady-bucs-visit-rams-in-battle-of-unbeatens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=29624","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady, Bucs visit Rams in battle of unbeatens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be without dynamic receiver Antonio Brown when they face the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sunday in a rematch from last season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Rams (2-0) defeated the Buccaneers 27-24 in Tampa Bay last year, Sean <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/search?searchtext=McVay%27s\">McVay&#8217;s<\/a> first win against Tom Brady as a head coach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>However, the Brady-led Bucs went on to win the Super Bowl while the Rams lost on the road to the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Bucs (2-0) placed Brown on the reserve\/COVID-19 list on Wednesday, making it likely he will miss Sunday&#8217;s game in L.A.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Brown is the third Tampa Bay player placed on the COVID list this week, joining linebacker Kevin Minter and practice squad receiver Travis Jonsen.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Because he&#8217;s vaccinated, Brown is eligible to return to the active roster with two negative COVID-19 tests, 24 hours apart, as long as he&#8217;s asymptomatic.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Edge rusher Jason Pierre-Paul (hand\/shoulder) and kick returner Jaydon Mickens (abdomen) did not practice on Wednesday for the Bucs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>With Brown and Mickens possibly unavailable, Tampa Bay rookie Jaelon Darden could get some meaningful snaps on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For the Rams, edge rusher Leonard Floyd (ankle) and running back Darrell Henderson Jr. (ribs) did not practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Also,  <a href=\"http:\/\/dewadmino.site\">dewadominoqq<\/a> McVay missed practice with a stomach bug.<\/p>\n<p>According to the team, McVay tested negative for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Rams lead the all-time series 17-9 (including playoffs) and have won six of the past seven games. However, the Bucs won the last game played in L.A., taking home a 55-40 victory on Sept.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>29, 2019 &#8212; a game in which quarterback Jared Goff threw for 517 yards but turned it over four times.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Goff, of course, is no longer on the roster after a trade to the Detroit Lions during the offseason. His replacement, Matthew Stafford has completed nearly 70 percent of his passes for 599 yards, with five touchdowns and just one interception.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re probably pushing it down the field a bit more,&#8221; Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians said, when asked about the difference in L.A.&#8217;s offense with Stafford under center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rest of it looks just like Sean&#8217;s offense. There&#8217;s some balls that go way down the field with his arm off play-action that we have to be ready for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Brady has completed 65.1 percent of his passes for 655 passing yards, with nine touchdowns and just two interceptions through two games.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucs average a league-leading 39.5 points a contest.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Brady last played a game in Los Angeles during the 1998 Rose Bowl as a backup quarterback for the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m scared to death,&#8221; joked Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris when asked about going up against Brady.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, Tom is the ultimate competitor. He&#8217;s one of those quarterbacks where you can say what you want to say but you know he&#8217;s coming, when he&#8217;s on the opposing team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The game also features two of the top defensive players in the NFL in Los Angeles defensive lineman Aaron Donald and Tampa Bay linebacker Lavonte David.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Donald is 1 \u00bd sacks away from surpassing Leonard Little&#8217;s 87.5 sacks and becoming the team&#8217;s official all-time sacks leader.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Through 112 games, Aaron Donald currently has 86.5 sacks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the 2014 season, Donald leads the league in tackles for loss, notching 133, including 14 tackles for loss during the 2020 regular season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The All-Pro David has 59 tackles (8.4 per game) and 11 tackles for loss in seven career games against the Rams.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be without dynamic receiver Antonio Brown when they fac\u2026","protected":false},"author":8042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2285],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29624"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29625,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29624\/revisions\/29625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}