Bengals vs Buccaneers Monday Night

August 20, 2015

The Buccaneers are looking for some pay back as they prepare to battle the Cincinnati Bengals. Jameis Winston is seeking to bounce back from Saturday’s performance against the Minnesota Vikings. Considering that Saturday’s game was Jameis Winston’s first NFL appearance, the spotlight will be even brighter on him Monday night during his first game at home. He went 9 of 19 for 131 yards and 1 INT in his debut, but also had three carries for 16 yards and a touchdown that was the first rushing touchdown in a preseason game by QB since josh freeman in 2011. Mike Glennon’s 98 passing yards in 9 completions, showed that he his ready to come under the helm if necessary. Louis Murphy, returning from an injury sustained in camp, had 54 yards receiving on 4 receptions. (Welcome back Louis Murphy!) Khaseem Greene led the Tampa Bay defensive with 5 tackles and Henry Melton recorded the only defensive sack that night for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay’s defense caused three turnovers in Saturday’s game and only allowed 3 points in the 2nd half of the game.

The Cincinnati Bengals are coming into Tampa following a win against the New York “Football” Giants. Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback Josh Johnson will be returning to Raymond James Stadium to do battle against his former team on Monday. He completed 11 of 21 passes against the Giants defense for 175 yards and Andy Dalton threw only 3 passes but completed them all for 31 yards, including a 3 yard dump to Mohamed Sanu for a touchdown. Josh Jonson will continue to take the majority of the back up snaps.Greg little acquired 65 receiving yards for 3 receptions and Former Buccaneer running back James Wilder’s son James Jr. led the Bengals in rushing yards with 53 and a touchdown. Nico Johnson had 10 tackles and Marcus Hardison recorded one sack. The Bengals defense Shut out the Giants for three of the four quarters of play.