New England at Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden ran his pre-season opening day record to 8-0 last week as he seems to want his team to get that first win under their belt. As good as he is in week one, there appears to be a sigh of relief after that win for his teams. His teams seem to relax the effort in week two where the Bucs are just 1-6 under Gruden. Bill Bellichick mailed in the opener as we predicted as the Pats went with a QB rotation comprised of three QB's that have a combined total of 238 NFL regular season yards. They are so solid as a team that they still almost beat Baltimore, dropping the game by a single point. Belichick isn't the type of coach that sits back during these games as a rule. He is 20-14 during the NFL preseason and has no single week under .500. Last year Brady put the ball in the air 19 times in week two, so look for a different New England effort in this one. We will ride the Patriots to notch their first win of the preseason in Tampa.