NFL.com and NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport has his thoughts on the game:
Week 9 primer:
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Ranking games in order of intrigue
Why this game is intriguing: A matchup of two potentially (but not quite) relevant teams. Tough to write off either one at this point, despite what preseason perceptions might have been. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are coming off a thunderous, Thursday night win over the upstart Minnesota Vikings, having shown a national audience they can bring it. And the Oakland Raiders have won two in a row, elbowing themselves into the wild-card race. What makes this intriguing from an X's-and-O's standpoint is that the Bucs are allowing just 3.5 yards per carry, but the Raiders must effectively run the ball with Darren McFadden. Putting the ball in Carson Palmer's hands hasn't paid dividends for the offense. Will Oakland be able to pound it?
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