Week 12 Grades for the Buccaneers Win over the Seahawks

“Mike Evans is elite”, Winston said. “He’s on a nice little roll”, Koetter said. But against the Bucs, Wilson ran eight times for 80 yards. “He has an arm and a lot of potential to do great things”. “And I guess they are targeting me”. It’s just something that comes with that job, I guess. You get off to a bad start, you turn the ball over uncharacteristically, or you just don’t make the key play at the key moment while your opponent does. They came out on the losing end, though, 14-5.

“I don’t know if we changed anything”, linebacker Bobby Wagner said.

The Seahawks got punched Sunday, no question about it.

In addition, free safety Earl Thomas and cornerback DeShawn Shead each have a chance to make it back from hamstring strains that kept them out against the Buccaneers. When he’s been in there for all four of the Panthers-Seahawks games since 2013 Seattle has succeeded in limiting Carolina quarterback Cam Newton from getting outside and extending plays with his legs, the situations in which he is most risky.

McCoy also knew that Kevin Pamphile and Lavonte David were hurting – they had to celebrate Thanksgiving for the first time without their mothers, who had both died this year. Tampa Bay scored on the game’s opening possession, eating up half of the first quarter before Mike Evans caught a Jameis Winston TD pass.

The Seahawks appeared to use Richard Sherman to often cover Evans man-to-man when Evans was lined up outside. All 11 guys just have to find a way to stop the run, first of all. At halftime, Evans has six receptions for 84 yards and two touchdowns. “He’s a superstar”, said Winston, who has thrown 10 touchdown passes to Evans this season, tying him for the National Football League lead. Sherman protested to the officials for a penalty on Evans.

Verner’s first interception of the season stopped the Seahawks after Wilson drove his team into field-goal range in the final minute of the opening half. Wilson threw two interceptions, the last a game-sealing pick intended for Tyler Locket on a corner route read perfectly by Bucs safety Bradley McDougald.

Verner’s play came two days after father passed away at the age of 61.

“They have to account [for] him”, Rawls said.

“Once they punched, we didn’t have a big punch back”, guard Germain Ifedi said. “He made so many sacrifices to get to where I am today”, Verner, a seventh-year veteran from UCLA, said. If everyone plays a little off, then that’s me.

It should come as no surprise at this point.

Seattle’s offensive line got off to a poor start in pass protection Sunday and struggled for much of the game, which was as big of a reason as any for the Seahawks’ clunker of an offensive performance.

All that said, the number crunchers at FiveThirtyEight.com still give Seattle a 68% chance to clinch that No. 2 seed and a 14% chance to win the Super Bowl. The Texans (6-5) lost in Houston for the first time this season after winning their first five here. Doug Baldwin was interfered with from behind before the ball arrived for a 29-yard penalty on third down. After leading a tying drive earlier in the fourth quarter, Carr hit Michael Crabtree on a 49-yard pass on third-and-9 to help set up Sebastian Janikowski’s 23-yard field goal with 1:45 left.

The season-high six sacks and two interceptions were just part of Russell Wilson’s long afternoon. “We’re looking forward to the challenge of getting back next week”. Ryan Tannehill threw for 285 yards and three scores to compensate for a sputtering Miami ground game. Carroll reiterated from Sunday that tight end Luke Willson has a knee sprain, but again did not elaborate.

Will Gilliam stay on the bench Sunday when Seattle (7-3-1) returns home to face Carolina (4-7)?

02 OCT 2016: Seattle Seahawks center Justin Britt (68) during the game between the New York Jets and the Seattle Seahawks played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.