The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went into Denver and got beat by a team that isn’t known for their defence but did exactly what it takes to win a low scoring game.  Denver pressured QB Brian Greise all game long and knocked him out of the game.  Step in Jeff Garcia, he came in and the Broncos defense did a lot of the same to him.

It was a see saw battle all game long but Denver found a way to win even though they came in with the best offence in football averaging over 30 points a game but they struggled to put up a lot of yards.  Regardless they did just enough to beat the Bucs.

This game was all about the defence and neither team was able to get a touchdown until the last five minutes of the third quarter and it took Tampa until the final two minutes of the game to cross the goal line which doesn’t win you many games.  If Tampa wants to compete for a playoff spot they must improve offensively. 

 

Have a GREAT week

 

Paul

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the Denver Broncos in Denver this Sunday in a match of two different styles.

Tampa faces a team that is coming off a horrible loss to the K.C. Chiefs in a game they kept making mistake after mistake and let Larry Johnson take it to them.  Jay Cutler looked very shaky in the game and even though he threw for a lot of yards he also threw 2 key interceptions.  The defence gave up a ton of yards on the ground and Tampa should be looking to duplicate that again this week.

Tampa looked great on defence last week and hope to continue their fine play with pressuring the quarterback and stifling the run as they have all season.

I look for Denver to come out hungry this week and being able to outscore the Bucs by a touchdown, but I will still hope for the defence to prevail and hope for a Tampa victory…

 

Have a great Sunday

 

Paul

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are taking advantage of all these “rookie” quarterbacks and to date, I like what I see.  Tampa was able to make Aaron Rogers look like a first year quarterback by getting to him often and pressuring him into throwing three interceptions. The Bucs took advantage of some great running again by Earnest Graham to win the game 30-21.  The balanced attack once again was the difference.

Tampa played great defence, the one area that has been consistent the first four weeks and were led by Derrick Brooks who looked like a man on a mission with one of the interceptions and also forced a fumble that led to a Bucs touchdown.

Brian Griese didn’t have the greatest game as he threw three interceptions and had a very low quarterback rating but did just enough to win the game.  Sometimes it’s about managing the game and that is just what he did.  Although, throwing three INT’s won’t get you far if that keeps up.

The game was played under a sombre note as kicker Matt Bryant’s son was buried the day before and he dedicated the game to him.  What an incredible effort by Bryant to lace up the shoes and kick in this game.

Next week the Bucs go to Denver to take on a Bronco’s team that was just beaten by the Kansas City Chiefs in one of the weeks big upsets and they will be hungry to make up for that loss.

 

See you on Friday

 

Paul