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49ers-Broncos Breakdown: A Historic Primetime Matchup
On Sunday night, the San Francisco 49ers travel to face the Denver Broncos. Both teams enter the game 1-1 in a rematch of Super Bowl XXIV. They are each coming off wins in Week 2 after suffering surprising defeats in Week 1. 49ers Making a “Change” on Offense The 49ers have Jimmy Garoppolo back under center after Trey Lance suffered a season-ending ankle injury.
Rams-Cardinals Breakdown: Potential for Plenty of Points
Keep It Up, Kyler Arizona’s going to try to get Kyler Murray to play four quarters this week like he played the fourth quarter last week. Because in that quarter, he was unbelievable. If you only watched that quarter, you’d think Murray’s the MVP of the league. Arizona has only had one turnover, and when they make it to the red zone, I know it’s a small sample size, but they’re scoring touchdowns at an 86 percent rate, which is off the charts unheard of.
Packers-Buccaneers Breakdown: Focus on the Run, Not Rodgers vs. Brady
When you think of Tom Brady vs. Aaron Rodgers, you’re thinking it’s going to be a high-scoring game. But, maybe not this time, because these two defenses are good, and these two offenses are struggling right now. This is going to be a tough matchup. I’d take the under if I was a betting man in this one. Great side bet: Out of Green Bay’s offense, Tampa Bay’s offense, and Tampa Bay’s defense, who scores more?
Ravens-Patriots Breakdown: Baltimore Bounce-Back, or 2020 Repeat?
Hope You’re Ready for Big Boy Football Baltimore’s offense has looked really good. They’ve only turned it over once. Lamar Jackson’s only been sacked twice. They’re averaging right around seven yards a play, which is number one in the league right now. Lamar Jackson threw the football very well last week. The Ravens come out, they’re going to be in 22 personnel, they’re going to be in 12, they’re going to be in 21.
Bills-Dolphins Breakdown: A Matchup for AFC Supremacy
This is maybe the hottest game of the week, the Bills at the Dolphins. These two offenses are smoking right now, and everyone’s looking at this game as a division game and a matchup for AFC supremacy. Buffalo: An Offense with One Weakness Buffalo is number one in points and number three in yards. The Josh Allen to Stefan Diggs connection was red-hot last game. They’re throwing the ball all over the field.
Bears vs Packers: Can the Packers Get Their First Win?
After the Green Bay Packers lost to the Minnesota Vikings in week one, they host the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football. Will the Packers get things back on track by beat their division rivals? Bears Offense Didn’t Beat Themselves “Against the San Francisco 49ers, they did a good job. The Bears offense didn’t beat themselves. Bill Parcells always said more games in the NFL are lost than won and there is a lot of truth to that.
Dolphins-Ravens Breakdown: Two 1-0 Teams Ready For a Slugfest
Both the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens ended up beating AFC East opponents rather easily Dolphins Used Motion Very Well “New Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is a first-time head coach known as an offensive run game guru. When I watched the tape of that game, the choreography of their shifts and motions blew me away. Oh my God, it was fast and I mean they were up there. It was pretty to watch.
Buccaneers vs Saints: Can Tom Brady Beat the Saints?
When the New Orleans Saints host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, they go into the game having beaten the Buccaneers four out of four times in the regular season with Tom Brady as the starting quarterback and seven-straight total. That doesn’t happen a lot to Brady Before the game, we broke it down from all angles. The Buccaneers Offense has Injury Issues “The number one situation with the Bucs offense is the injuries.
Make the Call Week 1: A Towel, a Fake Spike, and an Outcome Altered
In The 33rd Team’s new series Make the Call, former NFL VP of Officiating Dean Blandino and former NFL head coach Dirk Koetter discuss the most influential and head-scratching decisions made by referees in Week 1. Can a player really be penalized for using a towel? Did the Bengals cost themselves a win by refusing to challenge a play? Should the Browns have lost due to a late penalty that was overruled? Find out the answers to these questions and more, in the inaugural episode of Make the Call.
How Coaches Teach Their Players to Adapt to NFL Rule Changes
Rule changes come with growing pains for all parties involved. Officials have to understand and adjudicate them, and coaches and players have to learn and adjust to them. Former NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino sits down with coaches Chuck Pagano and Dirk Koetter to talk about rule changes and how to prepare players. “Just like you’re scouting the officials— the officials are scouting the team,” Blandino said.
Dak Prescott Continues to Improve for the Cowboys
Few NFL quarterbacks are scrutinized more than the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott. In the video above, former NFL Head Coach and offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter lays out how Prescott continues to improve for the Cowboys. “People tend to forget that Dak is coming off of a major injury,” Koetter says.
Dirk Koetter on OBJ
As the season wears on and the hunt for the playoffs sets in, teams begin searching for that key integral that helps them make the final push into the Super Bowl. Given his late timeline to return to action, Odell Beckham Jr could be that key piece that many teams are searching for, much like he was for the Los Angeles Rams last season. Speaking to many people around the league about him, I think there are only three teams left that make the most sense for him right now.
Gage, Julio Additions Give Buccaneers One Of NFL's Best Receiving Groups
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have put together one of the best receiver groups in the NFL this season. Their top four of Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Russell Gage and Julio Jones is an excellent lineup of receivers for Tom Brady to have to work with this season. In this video, former Bucs offensive coordinator and head coach Dirk Koetter does some scouting of that receiving room, focusing on new additions Gage and Jones and how they can fit within Tampa Bay’s offense.
NFL Training Camp Notes: Who's Holding Out? Holding In?
It’s been said again and again: the NFL is a business. That fact is apparent at the start of training camp when players test their value—and their organization’s patience—by holding out. Here’s a look at which players looking for a new contract in 2022 decided to report to camp and which ones are holding out. The True Hold-outs Jessie Bates III The Cincinnati Bengals ended one of the most successful seasons in their franchise’s history with a loss in the Super Bowl.
Buccaneers searching for answers to defensive woes
TAMPA, Fla. — It doesn't matter if Jameis Winston or Ryan Fitzpatrick is at quarterback for the Buccaneers. A porous defence keeps undermining Tampa Bay's chances of winning. The Bucs (3-5) have lost five of six following a 2-0 start. Neither changing quarterbacks nor firing defensive co-ordinator Mike Smith has been an answer to ending a tailspin that's dropped the team into a familiar hole: last place in the NFC South, where they've finished six of the last seven seasons.
Dirk Koetter promoted as Buccaneers new head coach
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are turning their rebuilding project over to Dirk Koetter. The longtime NFL offensive coordinator on Friday became the team’s fifth coach since 2008, succeeding Lovie Smith, who was fired after going 8-24 over the past two seasons. Koetter’s selection wasn’t a surprise.
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