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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings - Week 8
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

TB
MIN		 36
 17
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ATL
PHI		 30
 17
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SEA
DET		 24
 28
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SD
CLE		 6
 7
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WAS
PIT		 12
 27
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NE
STL		 45
 7
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MIA
NYJ		 30
 9
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JAC
GB		 15
 24
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IND
TEN		 19
 13
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CAR
CHI		 22
 23
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OAK
KC		 26
 16
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NYG
DAL		 29
 24
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NO
DEN		 14
 34
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SF
ARI		 24
 3
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Vikings 27, Buccaneers 24

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 16 Josh Freeman Pass: 250, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 16 Doug Martin Rush: 70, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 51 LeGarrette Blount Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 10 Vincent Jackson Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
WR 37 Mike Williams Rec: 6-70, 1 TD
TE 24 Dallas Clark Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 23 Connor Barth FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 24 Defense / ST  
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Minnesota Vikings
Rank  Player Projections
QB 21 Christian Ponder Pass: 230, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 1 Adrian Peterson Rush: 110, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 52 Toby Gerhart Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 5 Percy Harvin Rec: 8-100, 1 TD
WR 61 Jerome Simpson Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR 66 Michael Jenkins Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 13 Kyle Rudolph Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 15 Blair Walsh FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 12 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman won only career start vs. Min., passing for 243 yards, 1 TD & 91.2 rating. When he has 95+ rating, Bucs are 11-5 (.689). Passed for 3 TDs & 115.2 rating with career-high 420 yards last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 3 TD passes... RB Doug Martin is 2nd among NFL rookie RBs with 408 rush yards. Had 85 rush yards & TD vs. NO. RB LeGarrette Blount tied career high with 2 rush TDs in last meeting... WR Vincent Jackson had 7 catches for club-record 216 yards (30.9 avg.) & TD last week. Has 4 TDs in past 3 & aims for 4th in row with TD. Since 2008, Jackson avg. 18.4 yards per catch (228 rec., 4,205 yards), best in NFL (min. 100 catches). WR TIQUAN UNDERWOOD scored 1st career TD last week (13-yard catch). WR Arrelious Benn had 25-yard TD catch in last meeting... Club's rushing defense is 3rd in NFL (76 yards per game). DB Ronde Barber is only player in NFL annals with 25+ sacks (28) & 40+ INTs (46). Aims for 3rd in row with INT.

Vikings QB Christian Ponder has 2 TD passes in 4 of past 6. Aims for 5th win in row at home... Since 2007, RB Adrian Peterson leads league with 7,404 rush yards & 67 rush TDs. His 67 rush TDs in 1st 80 career games are 4th most in history (EMMITT SMITH, 78; JIM BROWN, 76; LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON, 73). Rushed for 120 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting... WR-KR Percy Harvin & HOFer GALE SAYERS are only players in NFL history with 20+ scrimmage TDs & 5 KR-TDs in 1st 4 seasons. Harvin, Sayers & TIMMY BROWN are only players in NFL history with rush, rec. & KR TD in 3 consecutive seasons. Since Ponder's 1st start (10/23/11), Harvin has 115 receptions, 2nd most in NFL. Has 100+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3... DE Jared Allen has 6 sacks in past 5 & aims for 6th in row with sack. Had sack in last meeting. Has 38 sacks in past 32. Since entering NFL in 2004, Allen has NFL-best 111 sacks. DE Brian Robison had career-high 3 sacks last week.


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    
10 2012-11-11 SD H    
11 2012-11-18 CAR A    
12 2012-11-25 ATL H    
13 2012-12-02 DEN A    
14 2012-12-09 PHI H    
15 2012-12-16 NO A    
16 2012-12-23 STL H    
17 2012-12-30 ATL A    
   
Minnesota Vikings
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 JAC H W 26-23 +3
2 2012-09-16 IND A L 20-23 -3
3 2012-09-23 SF H W 24-13 +11
4 2012-09-30 DET A W 20-13 +7
5 2012-10-07 TEN H W 30-7 +23
6 2012-10-14 WAS A L 26-38 -12
7 2012-10-21 ARI H W 21-14 +7
8 2012-10-25 TB H L 17-36 -19
9 2012-11-04 SEA A    
10 2012-11-11 DET H    
11   Bye      
12 2012-11-25 CHI A    
13 2012-12-02 GB A    
14 2012-12-09 CHI H    
15 2012-12-16 STL A    
16 2012-12-23 HOU A    
17 2012-12-30 GB H    

Injury Report
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
IR  DE Adrian Clayborn (knee, 9/25)
 WR Sammie Stroughter (foot, 9/21)
   
Minnesota Vikings
Questionable  TE John Carlson (concussion)
 SS Mistral Raymond (ankle)
IR  CB Chris Cook (arm, 10/26)

Offense Stats Comparison
  TB
 Offense 		 MIN
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 28.0 22.8 22.8 TB
Rushing yards 85.7 133.5 116.0 MIN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.18 4.54 4.27 MIN
Completion % 54.0% 66.0% 61.8% MIN
Passing yards 279.7 197.0 239.9 TB
Passing yards per completion 15.28 8.77 10.96 TB
Passing yards per attempt 8.25 5.79 6.78 TB
Interceptions 1.0 1.0 1.0 -
Fumbles lost 0.3 0.5 0.7 TB
Sacks allowed 1.3 2.5 2.3 TB
3rd down conversions 27.6% 36.7% 38.9% MIN
4th down conversions 80.0% 100.0% 57.1% MIN
Time of possession 27:14 31:10 30:17 MIN
  Defense Stats Comparison
  TB
 Defense 		 MIN
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 25.0 15.8 22.8 MIN
Rushing yards 85.0 88.5 116.0 TB
Rushing yards per attempt 3.38 4.01 4.27 TB
Completion % 65.5% 65.0% 61.8% MIN
Passing yards 316.7 207.5 239.9 MIN
Passing yards per completion 12.52 8.92 10.96 MIN
Passing yards per attempt 8.20 5.80 6.78 MIN
INT return 1.3 0.8 1.0 TB
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.8 0.7 MIN
Sacks 0.7 3.0 2.3 MIN
3rd down conversions 37.5% 42.4% 38.9% TB
4th down conversions 40.0% 37.5% 57.1% MIN
Time of possession 32:46 28:50 30:17 MIN

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   TB   MIN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 7.0 12.5 8.8 MIN
Yards per kick return 20.5 31.5 25.0 MIN
Yards allowed per punt return 9.9 7.9 8.8 MIN
Yards allowed per kick return 22.7 35.8 25.0 TB
  Misc Stats Comparison
   TB   MIN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 7.7 5.5 6.5 MIN
Penalty yards 52.3 52.8 56.3 TB

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 2 to 7 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 2 to 7 with no adjustment.

Weather
Dome Stadium

Team vs. Team History
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 6 2000-10-09 TB MIN 23-30 MIN
2000 9 2000-10-29 MIN TB 13-41 TB
2001 3 2001-09-30 TB MIN 16-20 MIN
2001 7 2001-10-28 MIN TB 14-41 TB
2002 9 2002-11-03 MIN TB 24-38 TB
2005 1 2005-09-11 TB MIN 24-13 TB
2008 11 2008-11-16 MIN TB 13-19 TB
2011 2 2011-09-18 TB MIN 24-20 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.