Tennessee Titans vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers: X-factors for each team
By Will Lomas
Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive X-factor: Cameron Brate, TE
History repeats itself, and that is never more evident than when the Tennessee Titans are facing a tight end that they might not be afraid of on film.
Guys like Eric Ebron, Jack Doyle and David Njoku didn’t give them problems in those matchups. However, guys like Austin Hooper and Hunter Henry (coming back from an injury) had their way with the defense whenever they wanted to.
With O.J. Howard out this week with a hamstring, there is no doubt who will be seeing most of the targets over the middle, especially in the redzone.
I expect Jameis Winston to be under constant pressure this weekend and while he will undoubtedly throw some YOLO balls to Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, at the end of the day the easiest safety valve for the QB is the tight end, especially against the Titans.