Bucs slip by Cowboys as losing streak extends to 7 games

The Cowboys, held to 42 rushing yards in the loss, were held to under 50 rushing yards and under 10 points for only the fourth time in the past 15 years.

Tampa Bay has doubled its victory total from last season, when the Bucs went 2-14 and earned the opportunity to select Winston, the 2013 Heisman Trophy victor.

“I’m always confident”, Winston said after scoring the victor with 54 seconds remaining. On offense, the Eagles could be in for a fight in the trenches as the offensive line will be faced by a hard defensive line that can bring a few problems for Sam Bradford (or Mark Sanchez). He is doing this alone and I am excited to see what happens when Vincent Jackson and Austin Seferian-Jenkins return to action.

Buccaneers running back Charles Sims caught a pass for 6 yards on the next play, ran for 5 more, and Winston, who finished 22 of 39 for 264 yards, did the rest. The Buccaneers had just two three and outs during the contest, on their first possession and to open up the third quarter.

Darren McFadden gained just 32 yards on 17 carries and Christine Michael only gained eight more on three carries. Yet, Winston kept pushing, kept trying to find a way to get lift his team.

That sentiment goes for the offense also. Winston led the team on a nine play, 56-yard drive that took up three minutes, six seconds. He caught just five of 12 targets for 45 yards.

Controversy, noise and reality TV-style plot twists are entertaining, but they don’t do much to help a football team win games, which is what the Cowboys were originally rooted in.

Eventually, the Buccaneers would face a third and goal form the 4-yard line. But Hardy – like his enabler, Jones – just doesn’t get it. With 28 seconds left, he found himself in a one-on-one situation in the end zone with Bucs safety Bradley McDougald. But a holding call – and a weak one at that – against Cowboys safety Jeff Heath on Bucs receiver Mike Evans gave the Bucs new life. I thought Tampa Bay’s seventh-ranked running game against the Cowboys’ depleted linebackers would be the difference in a tight game, and while Sean Lee’s absence was felt, Anthony Hitchens and Rolando McClain had major roles in limiting the Bucs to 3.5 yards a carry.

“We talk about a 60-minute game and you can’t relax until the end”, Smith said.

Here, we have a man who’s failed to express even a modicum of self-awareness, and more broadly, gratitude for his continued, albeit bewildering employment as an National Football League athlete.

Garrett said there comes a time when enough is enough with a player. But still, we’re not getting it done and that’s beginning with me.

A lot of things could have damaged Winston’s psyche Sunday. Heath’s first interception ended a stretch of 134 consecutive pass attempts without a pick.

It was a attractive, breezy fall afternoon in Tampa Bay and you were wasting it by watching a couple of players kick an oblong ball as high as they possibly could.

Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo will return from short-term IR in Week 11. But that didn’t deter the rookie and his teammates noticed.

“Ultimately, you have to do what it takes to win the game”, Garrett said. “Winning is in his blood”.

He also makes a per-game roster bonus of $578,125. In college, Winston had many come-from-behind wins, often in games where he started bad.

In advance of the Cowboys’ 10-6 road loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Hardy was reportedly late to work on Thursday, missing nearly all of the team’s morning meetings. On Sunday, that changed.

Replacement Matt Cassel set about ending the losing streak and, despite a fumble and a sack, he was able to guide Dallas into the redzone and allow Dan Bailey to kick the first points of the night.