The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to a decimated and struggling New Orleans Saints team on Sunday. And they did so despite having a pretty normal distribution of play counts -- essentially the same team that got them into playoff position lost them a good opportunity to actually make it to the postseason for the first time since 2007. Here are the main takeaways from the play counts.
For the first time in weeks, Charles Sims got nearly as many snaps as Doug Martin did. That was in part a result of the Bucs' inability to sustain drives early in the game, leading them to turn to a pass-first mentality in the fourth quarter -- which always entails more of Sims than Martin.