Buccaneers eager to get back to work after blowout loss

“But you have to get past that first level first”. It happened last year in Weeks 14-16 as Tampa Bay dived from 6-6 to 6-9, and before that it hadn’t happened in 26 years, since the 1989 season. They’ve turned it over six times and have yet to have a takeaway.

Barron could play a key role Sunday when the Rams try to neutralize Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston.

Part of that, Koetter said, is because of his youth. Gerald McCoy is more of a grizzled veteran than a young dynamo for the Bucs these days, but he is still an absolute brute of a run defender and can get after the passer when left one-on-one. You can listen live commentary of this game on internet radio and live score will be available at yahoo sports. Los Angeles got the better of Winston in their meeting last season hitting him 12 times despite throwing a career-high 363 passing yards. “Those are usually causes of interceptions”.

Point spread: The Buccaneers opened as 3.5-point favorites and the total was 42 early in the week, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. Starting QB Case Keenum looked better against the Seahawks, but the Rams have failed to score a TD yet this season. “He gets the ball out of his hands really quick”. On the ground, Charles Sims rushed for 24 yards in nine attempts while Doug Martin added 23 yards in seven carries.

After Sunday’s humbling loss, Bucs players spoke of the need to review what went wrong and put Sunday’s game in the past – use it for motivation, but then move on completely to the next game or risk repeating a similar outcome by dwelling on their disappointment. Our offense is basically us against them. The running back known as “Muscle Hamster” was the Buccaneers’ backfield workhorse past year but he’ll nearly certainly be sidelined when the Rams arrive this weekend. “Look at the Rams, who we play this week”, Koetter said, reiterating the importance of not allowing a poor performance to mushroom into another moving forward. “We can’t play like we did the other night or it’s going to be a long season”.

The offensive line always is the first culprit and, particularly in the 49ers game, the Rams’ interior linemen struggled in run blocking. “It was good to see the guys on the field. Then of course in our two-minute defense, we let them throw it over our head”.

Lucky for the Rams that Vincent Jackson was not playing or else things could have been a lot worse. In the preseason you’re getting vanilla looks, we’re doing vanilla things, so it gets a little more complicated. The Cardinals had a disappointing loss, and they came back and got after us pretty good (Sunday). After running back Christine Michael caught a late fourth-quarter pass, Barron and Ogletree zeroed in for a tackle.

“There were some opportunities for Lavonte, but not many”, Smith said.