TAMPA BAY (4-2) at ARIZONA (3-3)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Cardinals by 3 1/2.
RECORD VS. SPREAD -Buccaneers 2-3-1, Cardinals 2-4.
SERIES RECORD – Tied 8-8.
LAST MEETING – Buccaneers 17, Cardinals 10, Nov. 4, 2007.
LAST WEEK – Buccaneers beat Rams 18-17; Cardinals lost to Seahawks 22-10.
BUCCANEERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (23), RUSH (22), PASS (18)
BUCCANEERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (31), PASS (6)
CARDINALS OFFENSE – OVERALL (32), RUSH (28), PASS (32)
CARDINALS DEFENSE – OVERALL (27), RUSH (29), PASS (21)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Buccaneers CB Ronde Barber set to play in 200th career game. LB Derrick Brooks is only other Tampa Bay player to reach that mark. Barber has 39 career interceptions. … Of 98 points Tampa Bay has scored, 39 have come in fourth quarter. … Bucs are last in NFL in sacks with five. … TE Kellen Winslow needs nine receptions to pass Calvin McGee’s club record of 114 for most catches by Tampa Bay TE. Winslow has been with team less than two seasons. … Bucs have not played at Arizona since final game of 2004 season. … Tampa Bay rookie FS Cody Grimm is son of Arizona assistant head coach and recent Hall of Fame inductee Russ Grimm. Cody’s brother Chad is Arizona’s quality control coach … Twenty players on Bucs roster not drafted. … Cardinals are 21-8 at home since Ken Whisenhunt became coach in 2007, including 2-0 this season. … Cardinals have thrown three TD passes this season, none since week three. Last season, Arizona’s Kurt Warner threw 26 TD passes. Rookie QB Max Hall has yet to throw a TD pass. … Cardinals DT Darnell Dockett presented fellow Arizona defensive linemen with new suits this week. … Including postseason play, Arizona has won nine games in row following loss. … Cardinals will wear their new black jerseys for the first time in regular season.
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