Best Bucs Preview: Ravens at Bucs

This should be a high scoring affair for both teams, more like a track meet than a football game. Both teams will put up a ton of points, and the defense will be little more than road humps (not even bumps) for the high powered offenses.

Ok, now I'll put down the crackpipe.

Any dummy can tell you this will be a low-scoring game with two great defenses going at it. It will be a close to the vest game where the team that wins will make the fewest mistakes, yada, yada, yada. But this dummy will tell you what to look for in the game.

First combination to the game: Bucs o-line versus Ravens d-line

(Get it combination? Instead of keys to the game? Ehhh, I'm an idiot.)

I wouldn't be surprised to see Cadillac Williams get 40 carries this game, although I do doubt he'll have as much success running the ball as we would like to see. Rookie and starting right guard Davin Joseph has already been ruled out of the game, and the other starting guard Dan Buenning is banged up and questionable for the game. The Ravens beefed up their defensive line in the offseason with veteran Trevor Pryce and rookie Haloti Ngata.

Let's see those tightends

Expect Gruden to use plenty of two tightend sets to help out with the blocking. Which means the Bucs will lean heavily on Alex Smith. Smith, who has already earned accolades for this receiving skills, earned playing time last season with his blocking skills. Smith has all the makings to be the next Tony Gonzalez, and Gruden admitted in the offseason he did not utilize Smith as often as he should have.