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NFL : ATS Matchup
Sunday 12/21/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
GREEN BAY
 
TAMPA BAY
-11  

+11  
-550

+375

48.5
 
20
Final
3

GREEN BAY (10 - 4) at TAMPA BAY (2 - 12)
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Week 16 Sunday, 12/21/2014 1:00 PM
Board OpenLatest
109GREEN BAY-10-11.5
110TAMPA BAY50.548.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
GREEN BAY - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games10-4+5.47-610-431.120.4383.6(6.4)0.723.29.7365.6(5.6)1.8
Road Games3-4-1.62-54-321.112.6341.6(5.8)1.026.012.1378.9(5.9)1.7
Last 3 Games2-1+0.41-21-227.321.3437.7(6.6)0.726.310.3346.0(5.9)0.7
Grass Games9-0+97-18-139.225.4411.8(6.7)0.320.47.9368.0(5.6)2.0
GREEN BAY - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)31.120.422.129:4126-117(4.5)21-3463.4%266(7.9)60-384(6.4)(12.3)
Opponents Defensive Avg.23.112.320.130:0926-108(4.1)22-3563.5%239(6.9)61-347(5.7)(15)
Offense Road Games21.112.621.328:0424-105(4.3)21-3462.2%237(6.9)59-342(5.8)(16.2)
Defense (All Games)23.29.722.130:1929-128(4.3)21-3560.6%238(6.7)65-366(5.6)(15.8)
Opponents Offensive Avg.22.811.120.630:1226-113(4.3)23-3663.4%237(6.6)63-350(5.6)(15.3)
Defense Road Games26.012.122.731:5633-155(4.8)21-3265.2%224(7)65-379(5.9)(14.6)
GREEN BAY - Turnovers, Penalties and Special Teams Statistics
 Turnovers LostThird DownsFourth DownsKickoff ReturnsPunt ReturnsPenalties
 INTFLTODIFF#-MADEPCT#-MADEPCTKR-YDSYPKRPR-YDSYPPRPEN-YDS
Stats For (All Games)0.40.30.71.112-646.2%1-050.0%2-40(19.8)2-20(11)6-50
Opponents Avg. Stats Against0.90.61.51.913-541.1%1-051.3%2-50(22.6)17-2(8.9)6-55
Stats For (Road Games)0.70.31.00.711-541.8%1-040.0%2-35(22.5)1-13(10.2)7-63
Stats Against (All Games)1.20.61.8 13-541.4%2-154.2%4-90(24.3)1-13(8.8)6-62
Opponents Avg. Stats For0.90.61.5 13-540.5%1-049.4%3-60(23.2)17-2(9.1)7-57
Stats Against (Road Games)1.10.61.7 13-646.1%1-157.1%2-58(25.2)1-14(14.1)6-52

TAMPA BAY - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games2-12-9.26-85-918.17.1305.9(5.5)2.226.213.4366.6(5.7)1.5
Home Games0-6-7.81-51-515.24.5303.5(5.4)1.824.513.5348.3(5.7)0.8
Last 3 Games0-3-32-11-215.710.0261.0(5)2.322.311.0361.7(5.6)1.7
Grass Games2-9-6.25-62-917.57.3319.9(5.6)2.021.811.2338.7(5.4)1.2
TAMPA BAY - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)18.17.117.127:1921-84(3.9)20-3457.1%222(6.4)56-306(5.5)(16.9)
Opponents Defensive Avg.23.611.720.530:5426-112(4.2)23-3564.0%249(7.1)61-360(5.9)(15.2)
Offense Home Games15.24.518.228:1823-96(4.3)20-3361.5%207(6.2)56-303(5.4)(20)
Defense (All Games)26.213.422.133:0630-116(3.9)24-3568.3%251(7.2)64-367(5.7)(14)
Opponents Offensive Avg.22.410.620.831:3126-110(4.2)23-3663.7%249(7)62-359(5.8)(16)
Defense Home Games24.513.520.331:4529-120(4.1)22-3267.9%228(7.1)61-348(5.7)(14.2)
TAMPA BAY - Turnovers, Penalties and Special Teams Statistics
 Turnovers LostThird DownsFourth DownsKickoff ReturnsPunt ReturnsPenalties
 INTFLTODIFF#-MADEPCT#-MADEPCTKR-YDSYPKRPR-YDSYPPRPEN-YDS
Stats For (All Games)1.30.92.2-0.712-436.6%1-027.3%2-50(22)1-15(11.3)8-63
Opponents Avg. Stats Against0.90.61.51.913-541.2%1-052.4%2-48(23.9)18-2(9.1)7-55
Stats For (Home Games)1.30.51.8-1.012-437.5%1-033.3%2-60(24.1)2-26(12.8)7-52
Stats Against (All Games)0.80.71.5 13-643.0%0-057.1%3-61(23.6)2-13(6.7)7-63
Opponents Avg. Stats For10.61.6 13-540.0%1-049.2%2-58(23.3)17-2(9.3)7-56
Stats Against (Home Games)0.50.30.8 13-645.5%0-0100.0%2-57(26.4)2-13(6)7-59
Average power rating of opponents played: GREEN BAY 19.8,  TAMPA BAY 18.9
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
GREEN BAY - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
10/26/2014@ NEW ORLEANS23-44L2L55O19-8929-40-402331-19327-32-3021
11/9/2014CHICAGO55-14W-9W52.5O32-13219-32-319124-5523-40-2563
11/16/2014PHILADELPHIA53-20W-4W55.5O25-11024-38-365031-10926-44-3204
11/23/2014@ MINNESOTA24-21W-7L49.5U32-15519-29-207025-11221-37-1961
11/30/2014NEW ENGLAND26-21W-3W57.5U29-13024-38-348018-8422-35-2360
12/8/2014ATLANTA43-37W-13.5L54.5O30-17924-36-323024-9124-39-3741
12/14/2014@ BUFFALO13-21L-3.5L49U25-15817-42-175233-11314-27-1401
12/21/2014@ TAMPA BAY            
12/28/2014DETROIT            

TAMPA BAY - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
10/26/2014MINNESOTA13-19L-1L43U23-6619-28-159222-9724-42-2350
11/2/2014@ CLEVELAND17-22L7W44U26-11317-33-252228-5021-34-2802
11/9/2014ATLANTA17-27L3L47U23-9227-43-281328-11020-31-2120
11/16/2014@ WASHINGTON27-7W6.5W46.5U21-4815-23-281131-15523-32-1673
11/23/2014@ CHICAGO13-21L4.5L46.5U22-6625-48-301426-9217-27-1121
11/30/2014CINCINNATI13-14L6W43.5U25-7515-29-188128-11220-28-1763
12/7/2014@ DETROIT17-34L10L42O14-2620-39-207331-11326-34-2941
12/14/2014@ CAROLINA17-19L3.5W41U23-15113-28-136332-12125-40-2691
12/21/2014GREEN BAY            
12/28/2014NEW ORLEANS            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
GREEN BAY: While the personnel has changed, there haven't been a whole lot of adjustments to the Packers' running game over the past couple of seasons. They still use a zone-heavy blocking scheme, with big backs pounding between the tackles. Eddie Lacy is in for a feature-back workload this year, with James Starks picking up the scraps. Johnathan Franklin's retirement leaves DuJuan Harris for a roster spot. Lacy is at his best going downhill on inside zone runs, similar to what he executed at Alabama. He took a big red-zone workload last year and will do so again. Even with quarterback Aaron Rodgers healthy for 16 games, Green Bay will still get enough scoring chances for Lacy despite skewing pass-heavy in the red zone again. Lacy, not John Kuhn, now takes goal-line carries as well. Kuhn serves as a lead blocker and occasional short-yardage guy.
McCarthy's West Coast offense mixes in a lot of deep shots. Rodgers will continue to move around and look for Jordy Nelson on the perimeter as his primary target. Randall Cobb is Green Bay's chess piece, lining up as a boundary receiver, slot man and also in the backfield. Jarrett Boykin will see extended action as James Jones' replacement, and they figure to run a lot of three-wide sets. Nelson was targeted most often inside the 20, though Boykin emerged as a favorite of Rodgers' in the red zone too.
The Packers will remain one of the better sack teams in the NFL with the addition of defensive end Julius Peppers and a healthy outside linebacker Clay Matthews (168.5 combined career sacks). The concerns with this team are the amount of points and yards it allows, and the secondary doesn't make as many plays as it used to.
TAMPA BAY: This will be the NFL debut for new offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford, long one of the most respected offensive coaches in the college game. O-Line coach George Warhop uses multiple concepts and relies on athletic blockers getting to the second level to open up big plays in the running game. They'll likely use some tempo to help the running game along. Doug Martin figures to take the bulk of the workload with rookie Charles Sims mixing in, especially on passing downs. Martin will likely take a decent red-zone workload, including goal-line carries. Mike James also figures to see some work.
Tedford ran a pro style system at the collegiate level, using tempo and space similarly to how Chip Kelly does in Philly. Assuming veteran Josh McCown wins the starting job, he will have a good shot at duplicating the success he had in Chicago. Tedford's system often gets one of the boundary receivers in single coverage, and both Vincent Jackson and Mike Evans are capable of overpowering defensive backs downfield. The size of Tampa's pass-catchers should lead to a lot of short TD throws for McCown. Jackson has never been a great red-zone producer due to the attention he draws, but between he, Evans and rookie tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, the passing game should be difficult to defend in the end zone. Seferian-Jenkins will have a chance to establish himself as a security blanket over the middle, while move TE Brandon Myers works up the field. They'll also likely work the screen game more frequently, featuring Martin and Sims.
The Bucs improved in nearly every defensive facet last season, and new DC Leslie Frazier gets to infuse some talented free agents like DE Michael Johnson and CBs Alterraun Verner and Mike Jenkins to new head coach Lovie Smith's Tampa-2 scheme.
PREVIEW
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*Packers-Buccaneers Preview* ============================

By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer

The Green Bay Packers can assure themselves a shot to win the NFC North by getting a road victory over the conference's worst team, but they've had trouble winning anywhere outside Lambeau Field.

The Packers also could clinch a playoff spot Sunday and stay alive in the race for the NFC's No. 1 seed - with some help - if they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Green Bay (10-4) dropped into a tie atop the division with a 21-13 loss at Buffalo last Sunday and Detroit's 16-14 victory over Minnesota. That defeat ended the Packers' five-game winning streak and put them in a position where they must win Sunday to avoid giving the Lions a chance to capture the NFC North with a victory at last-place Chicago.

Regardless of how Detroit fares, Green Bay just needs to beat the Buccaneers (2-12) to enter the regular-season finale with the division title up for grabs against the Lions at Lambeau on Dec. 28.

The Packers, though, could wrap up a franchise record-tying sixth consecutive playoff berth if they win this weekend while either Philadelphia or Dallas loses. They also need a Seattle win over Arizona to keep them alive for home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.

"Everything is right in front of us," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "We win out, we still win the North."

Rodgers is coming off his lowest-rated game as a pro (34.3) and had a career-high 25 incompletions on 42 attempts against the Bills, including two interceptions, while finishing with 185 yards. The MVP candidate, who failed to throw a TD pass for the first time this season, had entered with an NFL-best QB rating of 119.0.

"It wasn't my best day by any stretch of the imagination," Rodgers said. "I've got to play better for us to win, and I expect more of myself."

All five of Rodgers' INTs this season have been on the road, where he's been held under 210 yards passing four times in seven starts. The Packers have gone 3-4 in those games as he's been limited to 12 touchdown passes, compared to 23 at home.

The last four road games have included losses to New Orleans and Buffalo and three-point wins over Miami and Minnesota.

"This is a road game we have to have," Packers coach Mike McCarthy told the team's official website. "We clearly understand the importance of winning in December, and we need to take it up a notch as a football team."

Losing in Tampa would be significantly more shocking. The Buccaneers are the NFL's only team without a home win and have lost seven straight at Raymond James Stadium going back to last season. They haven't lost more consecutive home games since dropping the first 13 in franchise history from 1976-77.

"We've come close quite a few times at home," coach Lovie Smith said. "Once we get it going \2013 instead of talking about getting that first win, we should be talking about, 'Hey, we haven't lost at home.' ... We realize we have a couple of more opportunities, but what better week than (against Green Bay)?"

The Bucs have failed to generate more than 17 points once in their current four-game losing streak. They've topped that mark only three times during Smith's first season and rank 30th in total offense at 305.9 yards per game.

The Packers, meanwhile, maintain one of the league's most-prolific offenses at 31.1 points and 383.6 yards per game.

Tampa Bay hasn't been much better on the other side of the ball under the defensive-minded Smith, allowing 26.2 points and 366.6 yards per game to rank 25th in the NFL in both categories.

The former Bears coach has lost his past six games against Green Bay, including the NFC championship game in January 2011. The Packers haven't faced the Bucs since a 35-26 win in 2011 behind Rodgers' three touchdown passes, but he's totaled six interceptions in two career games in Tampa and lost both.

Rodgers, though, won't have to face Buccaneers star defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who was placed on injured reserve this week because of a sprained right knee.

"Of course you want to finish the games with your guys, but you have to look at the bigger picture, and that's my overall health," McCoy said. "I think we have a lot of great - not good, great - ahead of us for this team, this organization ... A big part of that will be my health."

It's unclear if the Packers will have Bryan Bulaga after the right tackle suffered a concussion last Sunday. Cornerback Davon House isn't expected to play because of a shoulder injury but hopes to return against Detroit.

McCarthy will pass Vince Lombardi for second on the franchise's all-time list if he earns his 99th career victory, a total that includes the postseason.

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