Tampa Bay is in last place in the NFC South, and with the two teams already at six wins, it seems unlikely for them to push for the playoffs this season.
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Meanwhile, the Falcons pulled off an ugly 10-7 win over the Marcus Mariota-less Titans at the Nissan Stadium also last Sunday, as per Yahoo Sports.
Sunday’s game kicks off at 1 p.m.
“I think Devonta has played awesome, he really has, and he played awesome again”, Ryan said. His initial run on the roster ended after a month, however, when Tampa Bay released him in early October in order to promote fellow undrafted rookie wideout Donteea Dye from the practice squad. He completed 21 of 29 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns in the loss. Whether that holds up against a better offense remains to be seen.
The lack of attention to detail was clear Sunday, when Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins diced the Bucs for a season-high 317 yards passing and three touchdowns as Tampa Bay squandered a 24-point lead. When it comes to holding the fan base together, coach Lovie Smith is trying to do the work himself.
Winning all three would go a long way toward getting over the hump.
“That football team that played in the first half, we’re that team”, Smith said. “I mean, your team was up 24-0 and we didn’t get the job done, but eventually we’re going to get over that hump”. “Hopefully, that’s going to tell us a lot about what we’ll be in the future”.
The Bucs beat Jacksonville on a late fumble, defeated the Drew Brees Saints when he was playing with virtually one arm, and lost to Tennessee. After throwing four interceptions against the Panthers, Jameis Winston hasn’t turned the ball over in what have easily been his two best games of the season with a 125.9 rating, 70.8 completion percentage and 10.54 yards per attempt. Vincent Jackson (knee) and Louis Murphy (ACL) were both injured against the Redskins. In the receiving end, Mike Evans had 164 yards and one touchdown in eight catches while Martin added 35 yards in three receptions. The over/under total for the game has been set at 48.5 points.
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The angry Atlanta Falcons (6-1) bounced back with a vengeance after suffering their first loss of the season in Week 6 against New Orleans.
