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Lovie Smith was right to coach conservatively against the Saints

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New Orleans Saints in a nailbiter on Sunday. It was their first win since November of last year and it was deservedly celebrated, but the win was unreasonably close given the team's dominance through three quarters: they led 23-7 at the end of the third quarter, but Drew Brees came awfully close to tying or even winning the game in the final seconds.

That didn't happen -- the Bucs left with a 26-19 win -- but they made it much more difficult on themselves than needed.