The Tampa Bay Buccaneers shocked the NFL by beating the Seattle Seahawks 14 to 5 on the back of a very strong defensive effort.
The Bucs defense was absolutely stifling, stopping the Seahawks passing game dead in its tracks and only allowing Russell Wilson to gain some ground on scrambles. They picked off Wilson twice, limiting him to just 151 passing yards on 33 attempts, and forced a Jimmy Graham fumble in the fourth quarter.
In fact, the Bucs defense was so dominant that they did not allow a single third-down conversion until the final two minutes of the game, on Seattle’s 11th third-down attempt.