Reinforcements on the Way? – Tom Brady and the Buccaneers' passing attack led the NFL in 2021 with 307.6 yards per game and Brady finished with an NFL-high 43 touchdown passes. How much of that night can Bowles' defense duplicate this time around, and how will Bowles tweak his team's approach to stay ahead of the Chiefs strategically? We weren't executing early, had a few miscues and we weren't on the same page." Obviously, both teams are well aware of how the Buccaneers' chose to defend Mahomes and company in the Super Bowl, and there are surely lessons from that game that both teams will apply on Sunday. "They kind of took away our deep stuff, took away the sidelines and did a good job rallying to the football and making tackles. "They had a good game plan," Mahomes later said. Dialing back his usually aggressive blitz tendencies, Bowles saw his defensive front get an enormous amount of pressure with just four rushers, leading to the first game in which Mahomes started and the Chiefs failed to score a touchdown. Then the Buccaneers' defensive coordinator, current Head Coach Todd Bowles clearly took what he had seen in that late-November contest and devised a defensive strategy that worked infinitely better eight weeks later in the Super Bowl. The Buccaneers did rally to make it a 27-24 final, but still absorbed the last loss they would take in 2020, regular or postseason. Hill had 210 yards and two touchdowns by halftime and finished with 13 catches for 269 yards and three scores. In that contest, Patrick Mahomes found Tyreek Hill early and often on his way to a 462-yard day with three touchdowns and no interceptions. 3 – While Sunday's game is rightfully billed as a rematch of Super Bowl LV, it is also the first time these two teams have met in the regular season since early in the Bucs' 2020 championship season. As of Thursday morning, that was still the plan, but the league and both teams will continue to monitor the situation closely and it remains possible the game will be moved to another NFL location. Though obviously far less critical, those outcomes could affect whether or not the Chiefs and Buccaneers will be able to play their game at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday night. The most important issue, of course, is how the hurricane affects the citizens of the communities it hits the hardest. You try to take it day by day and not make it too big for yourself and just make sure everybody can function." The relocation of the Bucs' football operations to South Florida went smoothly, but that is far from the last impact that Ian has made or will make. "But our heart goes out to everybody there. "It's a double-edged sword because you feel for everybody else in Tampa and you can't save the world," said Head Coach Todd Bowles on Wednesday. All Eyes on Ian – The Buccaneers avoided Hurricane Ian and found a way to continue preparing for the Chiefs game, but they didn't lose their perspective.
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