The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' hype as the best team in the NFL lasted only a week. The Bucs fell short in their primetime Monday Night Football matchup against the Detroit Lions to drop them to 5-2 on the season, but still leading the way in the NFC South.
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Tom Brady built a legendary 20-year career with the New England Patriots, securing six of his seven Super Bowl rings. In 2020, he joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent, spending the final three years of his career there and clinching his seventh Super Bowl title in 2021.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been one of the NFC’s most consistent teams this season, that is until this past Monday night. A 24-9 road loss to the Detroit Lions served as a wake-up call for Baker Mayfield’s group.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost 24-9 in a game that really seemed more lopsided than that. Even after being dominated for the first 29 minutes in the first half, the Bucs kicked a late FG then scored their lone TD to cut the score to 14-9 (missed 2 point conversion).
The Buccaneers have built an offense deep enough to withstand the loss of Evans, and they can still be legitimate Super Bowl contenders if they adjust accordingly.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans was carted off the field after a violent landing left him in concussion protocol during Monday’s game against the Detroit Lions.
Baker Mayfield and his wife Emily (formerly Emily Wilkinson) have been together since college at Oklahoma and now share a daughter together, but the beginning of their relationship did not go as smoothly as Baker would have liked.
With Bucs running back Bucky Irving currently out with a foot sprain and a shoulder injury, the offense has turned to a familiar face to be the backfield workhorse in his stead.