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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos - Week 13
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

NO
ATL		 13
 23
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ARI
NYJ		 6
 7
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SF
STL		 13
 16
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SEA
CHI		 23
 17
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NE
MIA		 23
 16
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MIN
GB		 14
 23
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JAC
BUF		 18
 34
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IND
DET		 35
 33
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HOU
TEN		 24
 10
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CAR
KC		 21
 27
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TB
DEN		 23
 31
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CLE
OAK		 20
 17
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PIT
BAL		 23
 20
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CIN
SD		 20
 13
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PHI
DAL		 33
 38
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NYG
WAS		 16
 17
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Broncos 31, Buccaneers 24

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 14 Josh Freeman Pass: 250, 2 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 3 Doug Martin Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 70 LeGarrette Blount Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 27 Mike Williams Rec: 6-70, 1 TD
WR 32 Vincent Jackson Rec: 5-70, 0 TD
WR 76 Tiquan Underwood Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 30 Dallas Clark Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 24 Connor Barth FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 30 Defense / ST  
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Denver Broncos
Rank  Player Projections
QB 5 Peyton Manning Pass: 290, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 14 Knowshon Moreno Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 46 Ronnie Hillman Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 5 Demaryius Thomas Rec: 7-100, 1 TD
WR 16 Eric Decker Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 61 Brandon Stokley Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 24 Jacob Tamme Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
TE 32 Joel Dreessen Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 16 Matt Prater FG: 1/1 XP: 4/4
DEF 14 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Buccaneers Have won 4 of past 5... In past 7, QB Josh Freeman has 16 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 104.1 rating. Is 3-0 vs. AFC in 2012 with 7 TDs, 1 INT & 121.9 rating. Bucs are 11-3 when he has 100+ rating... Rookie RB Doug Martin is 2nd in NFL with 1,382 scrimmage yards (1,050 rush, 332 rec.). Rushed for 2 TDs last week & leads NFC with 9 rush TDs. Has 522 scrimmage yards (395 rush, 127 rec.) & 4 TDs in 3 games vs. AFC... WR Vincent Jackson has 6 TDs in past 8. Since 2008, his 18.5 yards per catch avg. (248 rec., 4,578 yards) is best in NFL (min. 100 catches). Jackson (20.4) & WR Mike Williams (16.9) are 1st & 3rd in NFC in yards per catch (min. 30 catches). Williams had 28-yard pass last week to Jackson. TE Dallas Clark has TD in 2 of past 3. Has 5 TDs in past 3 vs. Den. WR Tiquan Underwood had career-high 5 catches & 77 yards last week... Rookie CB LEONARD JOHNSON has INT in each of past 2 vs. AFC, incl. 83-yard INT-TD. S Ronde Barber had INT last week. Is only player in NFL annals with 25+ sacks (28) & 40+ INTs (47). DE Michael Bennett has sack in 3 of past 5. Rookie LB Lavonte David leads team with 98 tackles. Rookie S Mark Barron has 62 tackles & 8 PD.

Broncos Aim for 7th consecutive win... QB Peyton Manning (149) passed HOFer JOHN ELWAY (148) last week for 2nd-most regular-season wins as starter in NFL history. Has 110.2 rating at home in '12, best in AFC. In 2 career games vs. TB, Manning is 2-0 & has 102.2 rating... RB Knowshon Moreno had season-high 111 scrim. yards (85 rush, 26 rec.) last week... WR Demaryius Thomas has registered 100+ rec. yards in 3 of 5 homes games in '12 (110, 103, 137). Has 24 receptions for 350 yards with 2 TDs in 3 games vs. NFC this season. WR Eric Decker has 8 TD rec. in '12, tied for career single-season high (8 in '11)... Defense has NFL-best 37 sacks in '12... LB Von Miller had 8 sacks in Nov., surpassing RULON JONES (7.5 in Oct. of 1986) for most sacks in calendar month by Bronco. Aims for 5th consec. game with sack. LB Wesley Woodyard has career-highs in sacks (4) & INTs (3) in '12. DE Elvis Dumervil (8) needs 2 sacks to record at least 10 for 3rd time of career.


Results and Schedule
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 CAR H W 16-10 +6
2 2012-09-16 NYG A L 34-41 -7
3 2012-09-23 DAL A L 10-16 -6
4 2012-09-30 WAS H L 22-24 -2
5   Bye      
6 2012-10-14 KC H W 38-10 +28
7 2012-10-21 NO H L 28-35 -7
8 2012-10-25 MIN A W 36-17 +19
9 2012-11-04 OAK A W 42-32 +10
10 2012-11-11 SD H W 34-24 +10
11 2012-11-18 CAR A W 27-21 +6
12 2012-11-25 ATL H L 23-24 -1
13 2012-12-02 DEN A L 23-31 -8
14 2012-12-09 PHI H    
15 2012-12-16 NO A    
16 2012-12-23 STL H    
17 2012-12-30 ATL A    
   
Denver Broncos
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PIT H W 31-19 +12
2 2012-09-17 ATL A L 21-27 -6
3 2012-09-23 HOU H L 25-31 -6
4 2012-09-30 OAK H W 37-6 +31
5 2012-10-07 NE A L 21-31 -10
6 2012-10-15 SD A W 35-24 +11
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 NO H W 34-14 +20
9 2012-11-04 CIN A W 31-23 +8
10 2012-11-11 CAR A W 36-14 +22
11 2012-11-18 SD H W 30-23 +7
12 2012-11-25 KC A W 17-9 +8
13 2012-12-02 TB H W 31-23 +8
14 2012-12-06 OAK A    
15 2012-12-16 BAL A    
16 2012-12-23 CLE H    
17 2012-12-30 KC H    

Injury Report
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Probable  DE Michael Bennett (ankle)
 DT Roy Miller (other-illness)
 SLB Dekoda Watson (hamstring)
IR  WR Arrelious Benn (shoulder, 11/22)
 SLB Quincy Black (neck, 11/13)
 DE Adrian Clayborn (knee, 9/25)
 SS Cody Grimm (hamstring, 11/27)
 WR Sammie Stroughter (foot, 9/21)
   
Denver Broncos
Questionable  DE Robert Ayers (other-excused)
 WR Brandon Stokley (other-excused)
Probable  TE Virgil Green (hamstring)
 DE Malik Jackson (fingers)
 CB Tracy Porter (other-illness)
 WR Demaryius Thomas (knee)
IR  SS Quinton Carter (knee, 9/29)
 DE Jason Hunter (triceps, 8/27)
 MLB Joe Mays (ankle, 10/30)
 RB Willis McGahee (knee, 11/21)
 DT Ty Warren (triceps, 9/11)

Offense Stats Comparison
  TB
 Offense 		 DEN
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 31.3 31.7 22.8 DEN
Rushing yards 124.5 98.7 116.3 TB
Rushing yards per attempt 4.83 4.25 4.30 TB
Completion % 58.5% 67.6% 61.6% DEN
Passing yards 251.5 286.3 230.0 DEN
Passing yards per completion 13.55 11.52 10.76 TB
Passing yards per attempt 7.93 7.79 6.63 TB
Interceptions 0.0 0.7 0.8 TB
Fumbles lost 0.3 0.7 0.7 TB
Sacks allowed 1.0 1.0 2.3 -
3rd down conversions 39.7% 42.9% 38.5% DEN
4th down conversions 57.1% 0.0% 47.5% TB
Time of possession 31:15 29:05 30:08 TB
  Defense Stats Comparison
  TB
 Defense 		 DEN
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 25.3 17.0 22.8 DEN
Rushing yards 90.0 65.3 116.3 DEN
Rushing yards per attempt 3.68 3.38 4.30 DEN
Completion % 67.7% 57.0% 61.6% DEN
Passing yards 319.8 207.7 230.0 DEN
Passing yards per completion 12.17 9.57 10.76 DEN
Passing yards per attempt 8.23 5.45 6.63 DEN
INT return 1.3 1.3 0.8 -
Fumble recoveries 0.5 0.0 0.7 TB
Sacks 1.8 3.7 2.3 DEN
3rd down conversions 52.9% 17.6% 38.5% DEN
4th down conversions 25.0% 66.7% 47.5% TB
Time of possession 29:50 30:55 30:08 TB

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   TB   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 7.5 11.3 9.1 DEN
Yards per kick return 20.4 31.7 23.1 DEN
Yards allowed per punt return 9.8 3.9 9.1 DEN
Yards allowed per kick return 27.6 22.1 23.1 DEN
  Misc Stats Comparison
   TB   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 5.5 4.7 6.1 DEN
Penalty yards 44.5 33.0 51.0 DEN

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 7 to 12 of the 2012 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 7 to 12 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Denver Broncos
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2004 4 2004-10-03 DEN TB 16-13 DEN
2008 5 2008-10-05 TB DEN 13-16 DEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.