The Bucs played the Redskins in Week 7, losing 31-30 on a touchdown pass with 24 seconds left. Verner also recorded an interception from the nickel position.
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The reviews are in from coach Tom Coughlin and, after studying and dissecting what Jason Pierre-Paul gave the Giants in his first game of the season, the coach was more than pleased by what he got out of his comeback kid at defensive end. Tim Jennings, who had started three games was inactive, while Johnthan Banks, who had five starts did not get a defensive snap on Sunday.
– A group of fans picked up where their Buccaneers left off Sunday, chasing someone in a Giants jersey who was torching their team – well, their team flag, anyway.
But I am. There’s not a fan, coach or media member that can be as frustrated with me as I am with myself. It was disappointing to lose arguably their most consistent player, as the Giants were just getting healthy along the defensive line.
Tackle Demar Dotson spent the first nine weeks of the season on the short-term injured reserve for the Buccaneers.
He overthrows him in the end zone on the first try but hits him in the gut on a crossing route on second-and-10.
Overall, the Buccaneers have 15 takeaways on the season, which is tied for the seventh-best mark in the league (pending Monday night’s game between San Diego and Chicago). Tampa Bay cut him on Monday. The duo made plays on Sunday. On Sunday, the team used its fourth different combination at cornerback starting Sterling Moore and undrafted rookie Jude Adjei-Barimah. The Bucs started the game with only three safeties – Major Wright and D.J.
The 80-by-50 foot flag hangs from a 15-foot pole and is valued at $26,000. Plus, how can the Giants beat New England, you ask? The flag, which is large enough to be seen on a satellite image of the team’s facility, is flame-retardant but it suffered “significant damage” when a portion of it melted. He was arrested and faces charges of criminal mischief and possession of marijuana.
This is one of the most damaging sequences of the game, as it almost cancels out the boost that the interception provided.
The combination of injuries, increased pressure thanks to his new contract and a constant inability for his defense to finish games and protect leads seems to be taking its toll on McCoy. He’ll be a guy worth monitoring during the week as he and Winston established an early bond.
Doug Martin is finally healthy after two injury-riddled season and he’s showing why he was a first-round pick in 2012. He is just 115 yards behind Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson, who is in first place.
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Evans matched a career high with eight catches, and his 152 receiving yards were his third most in a game behind the 209- and 164-yard efforts against Washington last year and this year, respectively. The undrafted rookie, promoted from the practice squad 10 days ago, came through with five catches for 55 yards, catching every pass on which he was targeted.
