Remember when the Buccaneers were 5-1? Me either!
After dropping a game to the two win Saints, the Bucs have now lost five of their last seven games. At 7-6 they are still somehow in first place but certainly haven’t played like a team that shouldn’t even utter the “P” word.
I sat through three plus hours of rain and left the game, along with thousands of other brave fans, in utter disbelief of what we watched.
For a second straight week there was a dropped TD, this time Emeka’s drop would have tied the game at 24. Instead the Bucs had to settle for a FG. With two minutes to go, the Bucs had one final opportunity to win the game but they couldn’t even get a first down.
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If I’m being real, it never should have been this close. This was a truly bad Saints team but the Bucs Defense, Offense and Special teams took turns at making the Saints look like an undefeated super bowl champion.
It was a total team loss. No rhythm on Offense and the Defense giving up 3rd and long conversions and/or not wrapping up the Saints QB who rushed for two TDs.
Bucs now have a Thursday night division game against the Falcons. At this rate, until we see otherwise, they will be hard pressed to win any of their next 4 games. They simply are not playing good football.
As bad as the game was, I was able to meet two longtime broadcaster who have covered the Bucs for decades. Thank you Rock Riley and Gene Deckerhoff.
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