Awful showing by Eagles defense

After a false start from Brandon Graham gave the Buccaneers a manageable third down, Winston pitched the ball to Martin, who ran 58 yards. Let’s try to bring a little clarity to all of Sunday’s insane numbers, starting with the big picture. The passing defense is decent, but there seems to be an overall lack of pressure from the defense allowing opponents to comfortably pick their spots.

“But it was an isolated incident between two highly competitive players and nothing else came of it. Those guys will both tell you the same thing”.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Vincent Jackson (83) scores a touchdown as Philadelphia Eagles’ Nolan Carroll (23) defends during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, November 22, 2015, in Philadelphia. Even if one includes the Super Bowl, that was a neutral-site contest. We didn’t stop the run. The previous record was a 42-32 win at Oakland on November 4, 2012…a game that also included a command performance by RB Doug Martin. Watch Buccaneers vs Eagles online free live streaming Sunday from Philly. There are potentially six more games of this crap.

With Winston and Co. humming through their schedule, what’s the likelihood of the Buccaneers continuing their recent success over the remainder of the season?

Kelly said he’s not planning any lineup changes because of the short week of practice, nor has he lost faith in defensive coordinator Bill Davis, despite the Eagles allowing an opposing rusher to top 100 yards for the third time in four games after not allowing any in the previous 18 games. The ’02 Super Bowl team set that mark at 6-2, and it was later tied in 2010.

Ameer Abdullah leads the Lions with 240 yards rushing this season – just five more than Martin had Sunday alone. And personally, after watching them miss the playoffs a year ago at 10-6, I’d be perfectly happy with them making the postseason at 8-8. Poor showing by the cornerback who was also the target on all three touchdowns. NEP, for the uninitiated, measures the value of each play on the field based on how an average team would be expected to score in each scenario using historical data. The Bucs accumulated 521 yards and 25 first downs.

Tampa Bay is 4-5 on the year, 5-4 against the spread and 5-4 with the over. Those inside-the-20 numbers are rare.

Sanchez started with the game with a touchdown drive on which he was a flawless 5-for-5. Winston torched the Eagles for five touchdowns without throwing an interception. Ten games along, 4-6 and coming off a second straight meltdown at home, that’s a belief few others would share.

– The last time the Buccaneers had at least six more red zone trips than their opponent was against Green Bay on September 28, 2008. Sanchez said after the game that he and Sproles talked about the situation and came to an understanding. Winston tied the record with touchdown No. 5 – a 5-yard strike to Cameron Brate – with 5:13 remaining in the third quarter. “We should have won this one”.

– Doug Martin Runs Wild: Once a strength, the Eagles’ run defense has been susceptible to giving up monstrous chunks of yards over the last three games and the dam finally crumbled against Doug Martin and the Buccaneers.

Winston had the best game of his career, going 19/29 for 246 yards, 5 touchdowns and 0 turnovers. His 84-yard gain is a franchise record. The cynic would say Kelly’s game planning needs plenty of work: Kelly’s game planning needs plenty of work.