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NFL Week 6: Trends which will decide each game

By Russell S. Baxter

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 13: Ryan Tannehill #17 of the Tennessee Titans runs with the ball in the second quarter against the Buffalo Bills at Nissan Stadium on October 13, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 13: Ryan Tannehill #17 of the Tennessee Titans runs with the ball in the second quarter against the Buffalo Bills at Nissan Stadium on October 13, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 08: Shaquil Barrett #58 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tackles David Montgomery #32 of the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on October 08, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears defeated the Bucs 20-19. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 08: Shaquil Barrett #58 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tackles David Montgomery #32 of the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on October 08, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears defeated the Bucs 20-19. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

Green Bay Packers (4-0) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-2), 4:25 pm

Packers: The Packers were off last week and have now won nine straight regular-season games dating back to Week 13 of 2019. Matt LaFleur’s team has scored at least 30 points in each of their first four games and at the same time, Green Bay has yet to turn over the ball. And quarterback Aaron Rodgers – who has completed 70.5 percent of his passes for 1,214 yards and 13 scores – has been sacked just three times. But the team’s sturdy offensive line could have its hands full with a Buccaneers’ pass rush that has produced 17 sacks in five games and a club that has forced nine turnovers along the way. Todd Bowles’ defensive unit has allowed only 11 offensive TDs this season.

Buccaneers: Bruce Arians’ team has had more than a week to get over that frustrating 20-19 prime time loss at Chicago in which the Buccaneers owned a 13-0 second-quarter lead. In each of the previous two seasons, Tampa led the NFL with 35 and 41 turnovers, respectively. In 2019, quarterback Jameis Winston threw 30 interceptions and had seven of those miscues returned for scores. This year, Tom Brady has thrown three times as many TD passes (12) than picks (4) but he has had half of those interceptions taken back for touchdowns. So will Arians’ club, averaging just 99.4 rushing yards per game, attack a Green Bay run defense that has yet to be tested in 2020?

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