Are The Bucs Already Game Planning For The Cowboys?

The beginning of the Bucs’ 2022 season remains to be three months away, however is it ever too early to begin recreation planning on your opponent?

Tampa Bay simply completed up its necessary mini-camp and could have about six weeks off earlier than coaching camp will get began. Earlier than the Bucs took off for summer season trip, head coach Todd Bowles had yet one more dialog with the media. 

In fact, Tampa Bay begins the season on the street in a Week 1 rematch with Dallas. Does Bowles have already got the Cowboys on his thoughts? Or is that also down the street? Has any preparation begun?

“It’s at all times began,” Bowles stated. “However how deep you go into it is determined by the week or the day. In the event you begin fascinated about it, we performed them final yr – they performed us final yr. So, you begin taking a look at issues you are able to do completely different and people kind of issues. Nonetheless making an attempt to get your crew collectively – I believe the preparation doesn’t begin till a while in coaching camp.”

Final yr, the Bucs opened up the NFL season with an exciting 31-29 win at dwelling over the Cowboys. Tom Brady orchestrated a drive with 1:24 remaining to arrange a recreation successful 36-yard discipline aim by Ryan Succop. That win was Tampa Bay’s ninth straight relationship again to Week 14 of the 2020 season. 

Issues will look a bit bit completely different when the Bucs go to the Cowboys this time round. Tampa Bay nonetheless could not have injured huge receiver Chris Godwin for the sport, however it will likely be the crew’s first recreation with free-agent signing Russell Gage out huge. Dallas, on the opposite hand, traded huge receiver Amari Cooper to Cleveland this offseason. 

One half that’ll stay comparable is that their matchup is as soon as once more in primetime. These groups will play the primary Sunday Night time Soccer recreation on the schedule.