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Conservative second half play calling aids Buccaneers downfall

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have done it again. Fans old and young just want one thing: a reliable kicker. Today wasn’t the day as Matt Gay, who left five points on the board in a one-point loss to the Saquon Barkley-less New York Giants.

While the game could have been won with any of those kicks going in, the second half meltdown on the offensive side of the football was also a key factor. The Bucs came out of the locker room to start the second half up 28-10, and after a dominant first half from Jameis Winston and Mike Evans, who put together a monster bounce back performance, they just stopped looking their way.