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The Raiders road stretch continues for another week as Oakland travels from Jacksonville to Tampa Bay for its Week 8 game against the Buccaneers. Dirk Koetter’s group is coming off a 34-17 win over San Francisco and looks to notch its third straight win this Sunday. Here’s a look at what the Raiders can expect to see from the Bucs.

RUN RODGERS, RUN

From third-stringer to steam roller, Tampa Bay running back Jacquizz Rodgers exploded in Week 7 to the tune of 154 yards on 26 carries, running all over the 49ers defense in his second-straight 100-yard rushing performance. Rodgers made the Niners defense give up 97 yards after making contact with the explosive back. Oakaland’s run defense was suspect early on but got its act together in Jacksonville, holding the Jags to 105 yards on the ground.

BACK at .500

Tampa Bay is 3-3 after its second straight road win of the season marked by an offense that is executing at a high rate. Against the 49ers, the Bucs totaled 513 yards, which is the fourth time since 1981 that the team has posted more than 510 yards in a game. Quarterback Jamesis Winston looked just as impressive as Jacquizz Rodgers, throwing for 269 yards and three touchdowns.

MIKE EVANS A FAVORITE TARGET

Like Derek Carr and Michael Crabtree, Jameis Winston and Mike Evans are becoming quite the duo. The mega Tampa Bay receiver turned 13 targets into eight catches for 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns against San Francisco in his fourth career multi-touchdown game. With one more performance like that, Evans will tie Joey Galloaway for the Bucs franchise record, but what’s most impressive is Evans’ ability to convert on third down. So far the 6-foot-5 wideout is 9-of-20 on third down targets and 6-of-11 when targeted in the end zone.

BUCS WOES AT HOME

Like Oakland, Tampa Bay has struggled to win games in front of its home crowd. The Bucs are 0-2 in Raymond James Stadium this season while the Raiders have been unstoppable on the road, racking up four straight wins away from the Coliseum. Tampa Bay out-gained the Rams by 152 yards in a 37-32 Week 3 loss and averaged 3.3 yards per play in a 27-7 defeat to the Broncos in Week 4. Will the Bucs be able to carry momentum from the road back to Tampa and extend their win streak to three games, or will Derek Carr and the road warrior Raiders be too much to stave off?