Make it five for Winston as Bucs go up 21

LeBeau doesn’t lose to rookie quarterbacks so Winston’s loss on opening day should have surprised on one. And at the expense of his former favourite team.

Tampa Bay’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday has extra meaning for Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston. I’ve been saying “Fly Eagles Fly” for my whole life.

“It’s just a special day”.

The final score could have been worse.

The five touchdown passes ties a single-game record by a rookie in National Football League history and ties the single-game team record by a quarterback. They barely showed any fight in the second half and left way too many plays out on the field. He also threw three interceptions, the last of which was returned 20 yards for a touchdown by Lavonte David. “Today, he was able to get a few reps and able to run around a little bit, which is a step in the right direction”.

We just had to calm down, ” David said of the Bucs, who struggled initially to adapt to the Eagles fast-paced, spread-option attack. “We talked about being relevant, we are”.

The Eagles can move into a tie with the idle NY Giants (5-5) for first place in the NFC East. The Buccaneers are two games behind in the race for a wild-card spot.

For the Eagles, the loss was disastrous. They are now averaging just 23.6 points per game despite putting up 374.1 yards per game.

READY IN RELIEF: Happy 25th birthday, Brock Osweiler. We have to make sure this thing gets fixed and this is a one-game thing. Winston had a four game streak without a turnover but against Dallas he went 22 of 39 for 264 yards with a 56-yard TD drive setting up a 1-yard TD with 54 seconds to go in the game. But Martin could be due for a breakout game against the Eagles, who’ve allowed 100-yard rushers in two of the past three games.

The Eagles have defeated the Buccaneers in three straight regular season meetings, dating back to 2009. You can never play good run defense with those big runs.

“I’ve got no words. I felt very comfortable today, and that’s a credit to my teammates”. At halftime, the Eagles had possession for only 11 minutes and 38 seconds of the 30 first-half minutes. Rookie RB Jeremy Langford scored with 24 seconds left to bring Chicago to within two points.

“We tried to get him to go to Alabama”, Ryans said. Chicago fell to 4-6.

So, how does a team not play yet still win? Winston threw his first touchdown to Evans in the corner of the end zone. However, the good has started to outweigh the bad, both for Winston and for Tampa Bay nearly across the board. This area of the game is one the Eagles will need to continue to succeed in, and it is one they have placed a major emphasis on in the past weeks. He also had two touchdowns. The Eagles have 42 plays of 20 or more yards, fifth in the NFL. They were expected to take the Dolphins on with relative ease, but mistake after mistake and the grit of the Dolphins took that win away.

Oakland performed listlessly in every facet and lost 18-13 at Detroit. The team’s most effective pass-rusher this year has been defensive end Jacquies Smith, but he is questionable after being limited in practice all week with an ankle injury.