Here are my Monday Night Football fantasy projections for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Giants:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New York Giants
Date/Time: November 2, 8:15pm ET
Spread: Buccaneers -12.5
Over/Under: 45.5 points
Implied Vegas point totals: Buccaneers 29, Giants 16.5
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| POS | NAME | COMP/ATT | PASS YDS | TDs | INTs | RUSH YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| QB | Tom Brady | 24/38 | 258 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22.45 |
| POS | NAME | CARRIES | RUSH YDS | TDs | RECS | REC YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| RB | Ronald Jones II | 15 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14.42 |
| RB | Leonard Fournette | 11 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 10.1 |
| POS | NAME | CARRIES | RUSH YDS | TDs | RECS | REC YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| WR | Mike Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 14.21 |
| WR | Scotty Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 12.4 |
| WR | Tyler Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2.72 |
| POS | NAME | CARRIES | RUSH YDS | TDs | RECS | REC YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| TE | Rob Gronkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 14.03 |
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New York Giants
| POS | NAME | COMP/ATT | PASS YDS | TDs | INTs | RUSH YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| QB | Daniel Jones | 20/32 | 204 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 10.29 |
| POS | NAME | CARRIES | RUSH YDS | TDs | RECS | REC YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| RB | Wayne Gallman | 10 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 15.32 |
| RB | Dion Lewis | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2.15 |
| POS | NAME | CARRIES | RUSH YDS | TDs | RECS | REC YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| WR | Sterling Shepard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 12.98 |
| WR | Darius Slayton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 5.99 |
| WR | Golden Tate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3.17 |
| POS | NAME | CARRIES | RUSH YDS | TDs | RECS | REC YDS | TDs | FPTS |
| TE | Evan Engram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 3.7 |
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Quarterback
Tampa Bay: Brady has been on fire recently. While he does get a slight downgrade with Chris Godwin out of the lineup for this game, he should still be viewed as a rock-solid QB1 start in this matchup.
New York: Jones always has the chance to pick up fantasy points with his rushing ability, but there’s no chance I’m playing him against this Bucs defense. He should be avoided this week.
Running Backs
Tampa Bay: Jones had been looking terrific on the ground the past several weeks, but his deficiencies in the receiving game reared their ugly head yet again last week. Jones now has four drops on 26 targets this season. With Fournette healthy now and right behind him on the depth chart, he can’t afford to continue to drop the football. Jones is hanging on by a thread to this job and one more drop, or missed blitz pickup, and Jones could be riding the bench for a very long time. He’s still worth rolling out as a mid-range RB2 due to the other available options, but he absolutely comes with risk. Fournette stepped in last week and was heavily involved in this offense. He was explosive on the ground, averaging 4.5 yards per carry, and was also heavily targeted out of the backfield. Fournette is in strong FLEX consideration this week, or could even be rolled out as a low-end RB2/high-end RB3 if you’re in need of a fill-in option. There’s also the slim possibility that Fournette just simply outright wins this job sooner than later.
New York: Devonta Freeman is sidelined for this one, which means that Gallman will get the nod here. However, that doesn’t exactly mean that you should be rushing out to start him in an extremely tough matchup. Gallman’s a mid-range RB3 that should struggle to get things going on the ground, but could see some work through the receiving game to provide a safe floor. However, you almost certainly have better options available on your roster.
Wide Receivers
Tampa Bay: When Godwin is in the lineup, Evans is essentially irrelevant. However, now that Godwin is out and Antonio Brown is not yet able to join the active roster, Evans is back in the WR2 conversation. He should see plenty of targets in this matchup and he can be viewed as a solid WR2 with upside. Miller has been pulled in and out of the starting lineup all season and there’s a possibility that we never see him on the field again once AB joins. However, he is looking like an extremely solid play this week with Godwin out. Miller will line up against Ryan Lewis and Miller should be able to win that matchup regularly. He’s a low-end WR3 play with upside this week.
New York: Shepard entered back into the lineup last week and immediately saw a large percentage of the targets go his way. He’s always soaked up targets in this offense, but his health has been the main concern for his long-term fantasy outlook. In this offense, it’s hard to trust any one receiver, but Shepard should be the Giants WR that we’re looking to start this week. It’s not going to be pretty, as the Giants offense is projected to struggle mightily, but Shepard should see enough volume to be viewed as a mid-range WR3. Slayton takes a huge hit with Shepard coming back into the lineup. While he can always hit the big play, he’s an extremely risky option to plug into your lineup this week. Slayton should draw coverage from Jamel Dean, who has been solid all season. Slayton’s a boom-or-bust FLEX option in week eight.
Tight Ends
Tampa Bay: Gronkowski is back to the Gronk that we’ve come to know and love. He’s seeing a consistent amount of targets in this offense from Brady and he always has the chance of finding the end zone any given week. Gronk can be plugged into your lineup as a solid TE1 this week.
New York: Engram was heavily featured by the Giants last week, but it still didn’t amount to much from a fantasy perspective. Engram’s a low-end TE2 in this matchup against the Bucs defense that is only allowing 7.3 fantasy points on average to opposing TEs.
FantasyProjection Buster: Miller has been given the opportunity to step up previously this season with Godwin out of the lineup and it hasn’t happened. Will this be another one of those games? If so, Miller could fall drastically short of my projections for him.
