In sunday’s game at lambeau field, the green bay packers could face the tampa bay buccaneers defense in a tough red zone. The buccaneers have had a good time passing the ball to them, particularly through the air. Tampa will enter sunday’s game with a 7.2-yard pass attempt, the fourth-most in football.
As a result, opposing offenses are making their way to the red zone against tampa 3.3 times per game, the ninth-highest rate in football.
However, this buccaneers’ defense has been one of the best at keeping teams out of the end zone once they’ve arrived. Tampa bay is allowing a touchdown on only 41.8 percent of their opponents’ red zone visits, which is fourth-best this season, according to offensive coordinator adam stenavich. “they’re a physical defense,” he said on thursday, “and their linebackers have really good range.” David and (devin) white are excellent players, according to (lavonte).
So their front, they set the tone, they are big and strong inside, and their dbs are really strong on the edge. It kind of caps everything in there, and those linebackers can really cover the ground and make plays. “they have some really talented players, and their scheme is difficult,” he says. When they’re playing coverage, they do a lot of double coverage and stuff like that.
So it’s going to be a challenge for us.” the packers have been a sub-average offense in the red zone compared to the rest of the nfl. The good news is that they get 3.6 red zone attempts per game, but they convert those scoring opportunities into touchdowns about 51% of the time and rank in the bottom third of the nfl. at the end of the day, green bay went just 2-for-5 in the red zone and new york 3-for-4.
We’ve got to do a better job in the end, matt lafleur said on thursday. “everyone is responsible, especially when we get into the red zone. Tampa is one of the best in this league at it, and we’ll have to execute and have a better strategy for it,” lafleur said. This is due to being in a crowded area of the field, which makes moving the ball through the air much more difficult because there is less space.
Green bay’s run game has improved over the past month or so compared to what it had been doing in the first half of the season, but it is still far from dominant. Not to mention that aj dillon is dealing with a broken thumb and aaron jones is recovering from an mcl injury at running back. Even if both teams play, neither will be on a full schedule. the tampa defense has been one of the better units against the run this season, allowing just 3.9 yards per attempt.
The buccaneers do a great job of funneling the ball to the middle, where their dynamic linebacker duo of lavonte david and devin white can make plays, not just in the red zone, but in general in this game. “so again, it’s a challenge we’ll have to tackle to make sure we can score some touchdowns,” he said.
