Breathe. It’s all over, now. It wasn’t the grand beginning many expected or hoped for, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers escaped the 2021 NFL season opener with a 31-29 win over the Dallas Cowboys thanks to some late game heroics from Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, some late game redemption from Chris Godwin, and the leg of Ryan Succop.

Let’s dive right in and Pick Six.

Six Topics Suitable For Conversation

1.) The defense looked rough. Yes, they were down a starting safety in Jordan Whitehead and lost cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting to an ugly elbow injury - but this defense got worked by Dak Prescott and the Dallas offense most of the night.