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St. Louis Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Week 16
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

ATL
DET		 31
 18
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TEN
GB		 7
 55
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STL
TB		 28
 13
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SD
NYJ		 27
 17
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OAK
CAR		 6
 17
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NO
DAL		 34
 31
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NE
JAC		 23
 16
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MIN
HOU		 23
 6
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IND
KC		 20
 13
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CIN
PIT		 13
 10
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BUF
MIA		 10
 24
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WAS
PHI		 27
 20
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CLE
DEN		 12
 34
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NYG
BAL		 14
 33
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CHI
ARI		 28
 13
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SF
SEA		 13
 42
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Rams 24, Buccaneers 17

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
St. Louis Rams
Rank  Player Projections
QB 23 Sam Bradford Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 14 Steven Jackson Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 5-30, 0
RB 46 Daryl Richardson Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 2-10, 0
WR 23 Danny Amendola Rec: 6-70, 1 TD
WR 48 Chris Givens Rec: 3-50, 0 TD
WR 69 Austin Pettis Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
WR 76 Brandon Gibson Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 33 Lance Kendricks Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 14 Greg Zuerlein FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 7 Defense / ST  
View all Week 16 Rankings or Projections
  
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 17 Josh Freeman Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 5 Doug Martin Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 20 Vincent Jackson Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 40 Mike Williams Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
WR 77 Tiquan Underwood Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 18 Dallas Clark Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 25 Connor Barth FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 18 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Rams QB Sam Bradford passed for career-high 377 yards last week & tied career-best with 3 TDs. Has 3,254 yards, his 2nd career 3,000-yard season... RB Steven Jackson reached 10,000 career rush yards last week & is 15th player to rush for 10,000 yards with 1 team. Aims for 3rd in row vs. TB with 100+ rush yards. Has 225 rush yards (112.5 per game) & 278 scrimmage yards (139 per game) in past 2 meetings. Since 2006, has NFL-best 11,057 scrimmage yards... WR Brandon Gibson has 12 catches for 176 yards (88 per game) & TD in past 2. WR Danny Amendola had TD catch in last meeting. Had TD last week. Rookie WR Chris Givens has 3 career TDs & avg. 46 yards per TD... Rookie CB Janoris Jenkins has 3 TDs in past 4 (2 INTs-TDs & FR-TD). Ties for NFL lead with 2 INT-TDs. DE Robert Quinn has 9.5 sacks in past 14. DE Chris Long has 7.5 sacks in past 12. Had sack & FF in last meeting. LB James Laurinaitis is only NFC player with 8.5+ sacks & 6+ INTs since 2009. Rookie DT Michael Brockers has 4 sacks, 2nd most by rookie DT...

Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman has 3,000+ yards (3,471) for 3rd consecutive season joining BRAD JOHNSON (2001-03) as only Bucs to do so. In last meeting, threw GW TD pass with 0:10 remaining in game... Rookie RB Doug Martin is 3rd in NFL with 1,647 scrimmage yards (1,250 rush, 397 rec.). Set team rookie record for scrimmage yards. Needs 353 scrimmage yards in final 2 games (176.5 per game) to join HOFer ERIC DICKERSON & EDGERRIN JAMES as only rookies with 2,000. Ties for 2nd in NFC with 10 rush TDs. Has 567 scrimmage yards (113.4 per game) in past 5 at home... WR Vincent Jackson has 80+ rec. yards in 4 of past 5. Since 2008, his 18.4 yards per catch avg. (263 rec., 4,845 yards) is best in NFL (min. 100 catches). WR Mike Williams has TD in 2 of past 3... S Ronde Barber is only player in NFL annals with 25+ sacks (28) & 40+ INTs (47). Rookie LB Lavonte David leads team with 124 tackles. DT Gerald McCoy has career-high 5 sacks. Had 4 sacks in previous 2 seasons. DE Michael Bennett leads team with career-high 9 sacks. Had 6 sacks in previous 3 seasons.


Results and Schedule
St. Louis Rams
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 DET A L 23-27 -4
2 2012-09-16 WAS H W 31-28 +3
3 2012-09-23 CHI A L 6-23 -17
4 2012-09-30 SEA H W 19-13 +6
5 2012-10-04 ARI H W 17-3 +14
6 2012-10-14 MIA A L 14-17 -3
7 2012-10-21 GB H L 20-30 -10
8 2012-10-28 NE H L 7-45 -38
9   Bye      
10 2012-11-11 SF A T 24-24 0
11 2012-11-18 NYJ H L 13-27 -14
12 2012-11-25 ARI A W 31-17 +14
13 2012-12-02 SF H W 16-13 +3
14 2012-12-09 BUF A W 15-12 +3
15 2012-12-16 MIN H L 22-36 -14
16 2012-12-23 TB A W 28-13 +15
17 2012-12-30 SEA A    
   
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 L 21-23 -2
15 2012-12-16 NO A L 0-41 -41
16 2012-12-23 STL H L 13-28 -15
17 2012-12-30 ATL A    

Injury Report
St. Louis Rams
Questionable  CB Cortland Finnegan (thigh)
Probable  CB Bradley Fletcher (other-illness)
 RB Steven Jackson (other-illness)
 MLB James Laurinaitis (back)
 DE Robert Quinn (other-illness)
IR  DT Trevor Laws (knee, 8/27)
   
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Probable  DE Michael Bennett (shoulder)
 DE Da'Quan Bowers (hamstring)
 WLB Lavonte David (knee)
 TE Luke Stocker (head)
 WR Mike Williams (wrist)
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)

Offense Stats Comparison
  STL
 Offense 		 TB
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 19.3 23.5 22.8 TB
Rushing yards 111.3 87.0 118.4 STL
Rushing yards per attempt 4.27 3.98 4.32 STL
Completion % 58.9% 54.0% 60.0% STL
Passing yards 227.0 238.0 224.8 TB
Passing yards per completion 10.22 11.98 10.85 TB
Passing yards per attempt 6.02 6.47 6.51 TB
Interceptions 0.8 0.8 1.0 -
Fumbles lost 0.5 0.3 0.7 TB
Sacks allowed 1.8 1.5 2.3 TB
3rd down conversions 31.5% 34.6% 37.1% TB
4th down conversions 58.3% 42.9% 43.8% STL
Time of possession 30:52 28:50 30:31 STL
  Defense Stats Comparison
  STL
 Defense 		 TB
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 20.3 25.5 22.8 STL
Rushing yards 132.3 92.5 118.4 TB
Rushing yards per attempt 4.29 3.56 4.32 TB
Completion % 68.4% 69.0% 60.0% STL
Passing yards 183.5 300.3 224.8 STL
Passing yards per completion 8.94 11.41 10.85 STL
Passing yards per attempt 6.12 7.88 6.51 STL
INT return 0.3 0.5 1.0 TB
Fumble recoveries 0.3 0.5 0.7 TB
Sacks 3.3 1.5 2.3 STL
3rd down conversions 32.1% 49.4% 37.1% STL
4th down conversions 42.9% 66.7% 43.8% STL
Time of possession 32:31 31:45 30:31 TB

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   STL   TB  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 6.7 15.2 10.3 TB
Yards per kick return 20.7 20.3 22.9 STL
Yards allowed per punt return 11.0 13.5 10.3 STL
Yards allowed per kick return 25.5 27.3 22.9 STL
  Misc Stats Comparison
   STL   TB  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 7.8 6.5 6.4 TB
Penalty yards 56.5 53.5 54.0 TB

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 10 to 15 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 10 to 15 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
St. Louis Rams vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 16 2000-12-18 STL TB 35-38 TB
2001 11 2001-11-26 TB STL 24-17 TB
2002 3 2002-09-23 STL TB 14-26 TB
2004 6 2004-10-18 TB STL 21-28 STL
2007 3 2007-09-23 STL TB 3-24 TB
2010 7 2010-10-24 STL TB 17-18 TB

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.