TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finally learned how to close out a game last week in their first win in over a month against the Arizona Cardinals. But Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, it appeared they forgot how to start one, falling behind 20-0 in the second quarter before falling to the New Orleans Saints, 34-17.
The Saints smothered quarterback Jameis Winston, resulting in four interceptions and a fumble (which the Bucs recovered). They doubled-up on Mike Evans (again). They dominated the line of scrimmage in the run game, resulting in negative yardage for Ronald Jones, and they capitalized on the Bucs’ double coverage of Michael Thomas, allowing Alvin Kamara to run free.