
The Baltimore Ravens have woken up after a slow start to take four games in a row, and will now attempt to find a way through the 4-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they kick off a Monday Night Football doubleheader.
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We'll be taking a look at the best way to back the legs of Lamar Jackson on primetime, and tell you how to best exploit the only soft spot that either offense will encounter in this one.
Let's build a same-game parlay for Ravens vs Buccaneers on Monday Night Football this October 21st.
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We'll start out here by backing the pass-happy Buccaneers to look for points through the air.
The Baltimore Ravens stand as one of the best rushing defenses in all of football yet again, and that should do more than enough to scare Tampa Bay off running the ball.
Baltimore's been a solid defensive unit, sure, but it's still allowed a touchdown on two-thirds of red zone trips, ranking 26th in the league. That means Baker Mayfield, who's thrown for an NFL-best 15 touchdowns, should rack up two or more touchdown passes for a fifth time in seven games.
As we back the Buccaneers in the passing game, we'll hone in on Mayfield's tight end to have a bounce-back game after hauling in just two passes for 15 yards last week.
Mayfield clearly trusts his tight end, targeting him a total of 27 times over the last four games, and now the two will step into a glorious matchup against a Ravens team which not only struggles to defend the pass, but ranks second-worst in the NFL with 72.7 yards per game allowed to opposing tight ends and fourth-worst in overall DVOA against the position.
With the number of yards downfield the Ravens have allowed tight ends to gain separation and Otton's receptions total juiced, the yards should be the play on Monday.
Finally, we'll pivot off the rushing total for Lamar Jackson with a different way to back his legs -- and that's his total rushing attempts.
The Buccaneers' defense has been excellent in the rushing game, but it did allow Jayden Daniels to go off for 88 yards on 16 carries in Week 1 and has twice allowed eight or more rushing attempts since.
I think that as Baltimore looks to mix things up a bit, it will call plenty of read options and look to lean on Jackson's legs often. The fact that the Ravens are the favorites here works in our favor as well, as we'll get the chance for some late kneeldowns.
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