Packers vs. Buccaneers: TV Channel, Streaming, Betting, Stats, Insight
GREEN BAY, Wis. – For two teams with 6-7 records, it doesn’t get much bigger than Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Buccaneers lead the dreadful NFC South while the Packers hold the seventh and final spot in the NFC playoff race.
Here’s how to watch, stream and listen to the game, plus stats, notes and more to get you ready.
How to Watch Packers vs. Buccaneers
Date and time: noon Sunday.
Location: Lambeau Field.
TV: CBS (Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan and AJ Ross). The game will not be nationally televised, so will it be on TV where you live? Here’s the broadcast map from 506 Sports.
Stream: fuboTV offers more than 100 channels and a free trial.
Radio: Packers Radio Network (Wayne Larrivee and Larry McCarren), Sports USA (Josh Appel and Mark Carrier) and SiriusXM 109, 228 or SiriusXM.us/PackersSXM.
What You Need to Know About Packers vs. Buccaneers
Referee: Tra Blake. This is Blake’s fourth year as an NFL official and third as a referee. The home team is 6-6 in his games this season. His crews have been over the league in average in penalties and penalty yards in each of those seasons, according to Pro Football Reference.
Betting line: Packers by 3.5 at SI Sportsbook with a total of 41.5.
History lesson: The Packers are 33-22-1 in regular-season matchups and 1-1 in the playoffs. At Lambeau Field, they’re 16-5. That includes 14-1 since 1990. Overall, they’ve won four of the last five regular-season matchups, including 14-12 at Tampa Bay last year. The playoff loss, of course, was the 2020 NFC Championship Game won by Tom Brady in a mostly empty Lambeau due to COVID.
Coaches: Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur is in his fifth season and has a career record of 53-26. He is 1-2 vs the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles is in his seventh season and has a career record of 40-57. That includes 14-16 with Tampa Bay, 24-40 with the Jets (2015 through 2018) and 2-1 as interim coach of the Dolphins in 2011. He is 0-1 against Green Bay.
In the rankings: Green Bay on offense ranks 17th in points per game (21.5), 16th in passing per play (6.47) and 12th in rushing per play (4.27). On defense, it ranks 11th in points per game (20.5), 15th in passing per play (6.33) and 28th in rushing per play (4.61). It is 16th in turnovers (even) and 16th in yardage differential (minus-12.8).
Tampa Bay on offense ranks 22nd in points per game (20.2), 22nd in passing per play (6.33) and 31st in rushing per play (3.52). On defense, it ranks 13th in points per game (20.8), 29th in passing per play (7.21) and ninth in rushing per play (3.91). It is sixth in turnovers (plus-6) and 28th in yardage differential (minus-58.5).
In the power rankings: At Sports Illustrated, the Packers are 16th and the Buccaneers are 20th.
Four-Point Stance
One: Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield is one of the NFL’s best defenders. He’s got 97 tackles, four sacks, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and 11 passes defensed. With three more tackles, he’ll join Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins as the only players with 100-plus tackles and three-plus forced fumbles and fumble recoveries in a single season since 2000. Since entering the NFL in 2020, he leads all defensive backs with 11 sacks.
Two: Has there ever been a receiver who’s consistently put up huge numbers with less acclaim than Mike Evans? He’s got 62 receptions for 1,020 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. He’s second in the league in touchdown catches and 10th in yards. This is Evans’ 10th NFL season. He’s topped 1,000 yards in each of those seasons, making him the only player to ever start his career with 10 consecutive 1,000-yard campaigns.
Three: He might not have anyone to throw to, but Jordan Love has thrown for 3,084 yards and ranks fifth in the league with 23 touchdown passes and 25 total touchdowns. He is going for his fourth consecutive game at home with a 100-plus passer rating. Love and Brock Purdy lead the NFL with four games of three-plus touchdown passes and zero interceptions.
Four: According to the Elias Sports Bureau via the Packers’ Dope Sheet, six rookies have at least one touchdown reception this season. That’s the most by any team during the Super Bowl era (with the exception of the strike season of 1987). Jayden Reed has five and Dontayvion Wicks, Luke Musgrave, Tucker Kraft, Malik Heath and Ben Sims have one each.
