Terrible showing by Eagles defense

The Bucs had not won by 28 points or more in a road game since that 2002 Super Bowl season, which included a 35-7 downing of the Bengals in Cincinnati on September 29.

Kelly also has drawn the ire of fans who expected more this season.

Martin also finished with a team-record 177 first-half rushing yards. The ’02 Super Bowl team set that mark at 6-2, and it was later tied in 2010.

Rowe has been overlooked by the team this season or in another sense, left to grow without much time on the Football Field due to the teams exceptional Secondary performances and Rowe’s rookie tendencies, this is where Reynolds comes in. And personally, after watching them miss the playoffs past year at 10-6, I’d be perfectly happy with them making the postseason at 8-8. Sturgis converted both of his extra-point tries and kicked a 43-yard field goal the one time he was sent out to pick up three points. The Eagles did not allow many yards on kick and punt returns, which was encouraging. The Eagles could win, certainly, but you might not want to bet the mortgage money on it. The only problem is that they’re worse than their record indicates, having been blown out at home by the better-than-their-record-indicates Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday afternoon.

They allowed 521 yards.

Sanchez and running back Darren Sproles engaged in a shouting match following Sanchez’s third interception, which was returned for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, putting an exclamation point on Tampa’s domination. Mark Sanchez will most likely get the start for a recovering Sam Bradford but no matter who is behind center on Thursday, the Eagles defense can not duplicate what it did against Tampa Bay. Those inside-the-20 numbers are rare.

The Eagles contributed to the Bucs’ success with a poor tackling performance and what seemed to be an increasingly more listless effort as the game progressed.

Unlike the Bucs, it is tough to get a true feel for where the Colts are at this season, but they have beat struggling teams and lost to competitive ones, all in close games.

The Indianapolis Colts host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in one of the National Football League games on Sunday, start time at 1:00 PM ET, at Lucas Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind. “It’s amusing, when you win and that happens, everybody says, ‘Those two guys are really competitive.’ When [New England quarterback] Tom Brady yells at [wide receiver] Julian Edelman and they win the game, [people are saying], ‘What a competitor the quarterback is.’ If it happens when you’re losing, there’s in-fighting”.

The Buccaneers found the end zone on their second drive of Sunday’s game and never let off the throttle. The Eagles defense simply could not get off the field, giving up 10 third-down conversions on 16 opportunities.

This game wouldn’t have been complete without a Miles Austin dropped pass. And sure enough, he dropped one in garbage time.

There were at least half a dozen occasions where the Bucs could easily have come unglued, including the third play of the drive, after a clipping penalty against right tackle Gosder Cherilus left them in a second-and-19 predicament at their 11-yard line. The Redskins looked like they were ready to go toe-to-toe with Carolina as the score was tied 14-14, but quarterback Cam Newton threw five touchdown passes en route to the blowout. Martin has not had a 100-yard game and Winston has not thrown a TD since Jackson went down 4 weeks ago. Nine of the Bucs’ 3rd down conversations came on 3rd and 4 or longer. He takes over. He can’t help it, it’s in his blood to lead – and to win. Sunday’s extended march was the longest one for the Bucs sent that one against the Saints in 1994.