Las Vegas Raiders X-Factors against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 7

The Las Vegas Raiders play host to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night, and here are the X-Factors for this crucial Week 7 matchup.

This Sunday night the Las Vegas Raiders battle in a showdown against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Prime Time television. The Raiders are coming off of their Week 6 bye and have a unique streak of winning their last four primetime games. The Buccaneers are coming off a monster win against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers beating them 38-10 at home.

Both teams come into this contest with only two losses. Further more, both the Raiders and Buccaneers offenses are ranked in the top-10 in points scored per game at 6th and 8th respectively, only being separated by the Baltimore Ravens.

The Raiders have a tough task ahead of them as the Buccaneers boast one of the better defenses in the league, albeit them having one of the older defenses as well. Tampa Bay is first in the league in total defensive yards averaging only 282 YDS/G, while also being first in the league in defensive rushing YDS/G giving up a stout 64.3.

If the Raiders are going to be as successful as they were against the Chiefs, they are going to have to keep the Buccaneer defense guessing on the offensive side of the ball. We saw what the addition of Henry Ruggs III back into offense does to opposing defenses and how that can open up the run game. In what could shape up to be a shoot out on Sunday Night Football, here are my X-Factors for the Las Vegas Raiders on each side of the ball.