BUTTERFINGERS: Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans had eight receptions for 152 yards, but also had several key drops while being targeted 19 times. They did their best to lose the game again it seemed, but were able to pull it out in the end with just enough stops and better clock management than they showed earlier in the season. “I felt good about the defense coming in – they did a nice job holding them to basically field goals”.
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“It was time to close the game”.
The Bucs (3-5) had a chance to tie the game in the fourth quarter, but a two-point conversion failed.
“Obviously, the guy hadn’t played, so he was rusty in terms of that, but I thought he got a few great jumps off the snap and I thought his inside move was an outstanding move”, Coughlin said. And he played a lot of it. Pierre-Paul played way more, and way better, than anyone had a right to expect against the Bucs.
On Sunday he played with his hand wrapped in a “club”, a soft cast, instead of using the four-fingered glove designed for him by the team’s training staff, according to Yahoo!
While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offense has been improving with the play of quarterback Jameis Winston, the defense has struggled for most of the season.
The Giants will enjoy this one, as they should, but face the harsh reality of having to play the undefeated Patriots next Sunday.
The star quarterback threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Rueben Randle in the first quarter and connected with running back Shane Vereen for a four-yard score in the second quarter.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back Sterling Moore (26) runs with… And the special teams converted clutch field goals throughout the afternoon to keep the Buccaneers at bay. Just turn three of them into touchdowns….
The Giants recovered three fumbles, and Trevin Wade returned one of them 2 yards for a touchdown with no time remaining. Doug Martin was limited to 31 yards on 11 attempts after beginning the day as the NFL’s fourth-leading rusher.
Eli Manning and the NY Giants shrugged off a bad loss and stayed on top of the NFC East. However, what should have been no more than an 8-yard gain turned into 59 because he broke through attempted tackles of third S Craig Dahl and then starting SS Brandon Meriweather before finding open field. Brown kicked off to the unsafe Rainey, and the Giants swallowed him up at the 12-yard line. After beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4 in 2014, Tampa Bay lost to the Saints in overtime the following Sunday.
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You can bet that Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots are going to be looking forward to getting a shot at this pass defense next Sunday.
