Tampa Bay Buccaneers (14-4) vs Los Angeles Rams (13-5)
Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00 pm
LA left tackle Whitworth out. Their injuries at safety continue with Rapp out. Tampa Bay center and right tackle questionable. Wide receiver Grayson questionable. On defense rusher Paul questionable and corner Murphy-Bunting as well. Tampa Bay moved to 8-1 at home following their 31-15 home win to Philadelphia last week in the Wild Card. Bucs offense in great form as in their past three games averaging 408 yards with 324 passing with 73% completion rate and 7.7 yards per pass attempt. Running back Leonard Fournette returns after missing about a month. Matthew Stafford had only 17 passing attempts last week and had no interceptions. He had over 30 attempts against the 49ers, Ravens and Vikings prior and threw a total of seven interceptions. Bucs second in the NFL offensively on third down and red zone. Defense top half in both areas. Rams defense 21sts on third down. Buccaneers also have rest advantage as LA played Monday Night and had a long flight for this playoff game. Play Tampa Bay -2.5.