Buccaneers must do 1 key thing to slay Bills in Week 11

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers know how big the Week 11 game against the Buffalo Bills is, and it is another chance for Todd Bowles' team to prove to the NFL world that they should be taken seriously in the Super Bowl conversation.

Of course, Buffalo at home, in the wet and windy elements, isn't going to be easy, with the Buccaneers not used to the sort of weather that could greet them Sunday.

And if it does, the Buccaneers must do something that they have struggled to do over the past month, and that is run the football.

"Yeah, got to find a way to run the football," Baker Mayfield said. "Especially down in the red zone when it's tough, there's not a whole lot of room to spread them out in the pass concept. So, good teams always run the ball well. We have to continue to improve in that."

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Run game key to Buccaneers win?

It will be an important element, no doubt, and the Bills, in their loss to the Miami Dolphins, gave up a whopping 197 yards on the ground, so there is an avenue for Tampa to exploit.

The Buccaneers have rushed for 100+ yards just once in the last three weeks, while Buffalo has allowed over 100 rushing yards in three of their last four games, with a 210-yard game from the Atlanta Falcons in there too.

So, if the Buccaneers are to claim a seventh win, maybe it won't be because Mayfield and Emeka Egbuka torch the Bills' secondary. 

Maybe Rachaad White and Sean Tucker run riot on the ground.

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