Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 New Orleans Saints 30 Sunday 5 November 2017 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brennaman and Chris Spielman
GAME SCORING NO 8:49-1Q Lutz FG NO 6:31-1Q Hardee 7 blocked punt return (kick blocked) TB 2:57-2Q Murray FG50 NO 0:55-2Q Kamara 33 pass from Brees (Lutz kick) NO 9:59-3Q Kamara 6 run (Lutz kick) NO 9:39-3Q Ginn 36 pass from Brees (Lutz kick) TB 6:48-4Q Stocker 8 pass from Fitzpatrick (Murray kick)
And then it all totally imploded for the Buccaneers. Their fifth straight defeat and an absolute blowout in embarrassing fashion to the Saints. Once again only three points by half-time and then after the loss once again of Jameis with his shoulder injury, fighting and late hits showed a total lack of discipline on the sideline. The loss of William Gholston to a neck injury just sucked the remaining life out of the team on the day.
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on a team that has totally lost its way Tom Jones surprisingly is a voice of reason after this debacle How Roy Cummings saw the game for Florida Football Insiders Mike Evans calls his actions “unprofessional” Demar Dotson is the longest-serving Buc and had something to say Greg Auman’s notes column starts with news of William Gholston Jameis Winston needs to sit and rest his injured shoulder Game grades from Tom Jones of the Tampa Bay Times Scott Smith’s official game report The NFL Gamebook and play-by-play
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 91 Ayers LG 64 Pamphile DT 93 McCoy C 74 Marpet DT 90 Baker RG 73 Sweezy RDE 95 Russell RT 69 Dotson MLB 58 Alexander TE 80 Howard WLB 54 David TE 88 Stocker CB 28 Hargreaves WR 11 Jackson LCB 36 McClain WR 13 Evans RCB 29 Smith QB 3 Winston SS 23 Conte RB 22 Martin FS 21 Evans PLAYED 7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 14 Fitzpatrick, 18 Reedy, 25 Barber, 26 Robinson, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 43 Ward, 51 Beckwith, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 59 Bond, 62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 77 Benenoch, 84 Brate, 92 Gholston, 94 Clarke, 98 McDonald INACTIVES 24 Grimes, 27 Olatuye, 56 Tapp, 66 Wester, 68 Hawley, 82 Auclair, 96 Siliga
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Barber 11-34, Fitzpatrick 3-30, Jackson 1-8, Winston 2-8, Martin 8-7. SAINTS: Ingram 16-77, Kamara 10-68, Line 2-4, Brees 4-2. PASSING BUCS: Winston 13-7-67-0-0, Fitzpatrick 15-8-68-0-1. SAINTS: Brees 27-22-263-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Jackson 2-25, Barber 2-20, Humphries 2-14, Stocker 2-13, Sims 2-11, Reedy 1-15, Evans 1-13, Brate 1-9, Godwin 1-9, Howard 1-6. SAINTS: Thomas 8-65, Kamara 6-84, Ginn 4-59, Fleener 2-46, Coleman 1-7, Ingram 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. SAINTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. SAINTS: Ginn 2-21, Lewis 1-24. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Reedy 0-0. SAINTS: Ginn 2-(-5), Snead 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Ayers 1-7. SAINTS: Jordan 1.5-9, Kikaha 1-7, Okafor 0.5-3, Bell 0.5-2.5, Onyemata 0.5-2.5.