Staff Predictions: Dallas Cowboys vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Both moves occurred on Tampa Bay’s second possession, as a seven-yard run moved him past Ricky Bell (3.057) and moments later an 18-yarder pushed him past Reggie Cobb (3,061). It looked like they got a crucial turnover when Jameis Winston fumbled the ball trying to dive into the endzone, but a defensive holding penalty gave the ball back to Tampa with a first down at the half-yard line.

“You got to give them credit, because overall they were stingy against the run, did a good job on the pass and then we didn’t do a great job, I don’t believe, on third down situations”, Cassel said.

“Obviously we all want the results, we all want to win. That’s the story of the game”. It was the first interception thrown by Winston, the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft, since October 4, a span of 134 passes…Until the final drive, the Cowboys were the only team to cross into the red zone, but only for three plays.

The Cowboys haven’t won a Super Bowl in 20 years, but football is still king in Big Sandy, and on a Saturday afternoon in September, the day before Smith’s Bucs played to the south in Houston, hundreds still pack the high school stadium to watch youth football games.

“We have to keep banging away”. “Tony has had a couple of good, good weeks”.

“We still use him a lot to explain to our kids that the sky’s the limit”. At 3-5 the Buccaneers have already improved on last year’s 2-14 record.

Cassel was 19 of 31 for 186 yards and one interception. Darren McFadden was limited to 32 yards on 17 carries. But he missed from 48 yards to end that streak…

Winston completed 22 of 39 passes for 264 yards, including a 17-yard throw to Brandon Myers to help get the Bucs into position to win. With Claiborne out, Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans roasted the Cowboys secondary for 126 yards.

COWBOYS: OUT: WR Brice Butler (hamstring), LB Sean Lee (concussion).

Cassel’s start on Sunday could well be his last with the team, as Romo is due to return from injury the following week.

As for the issues that seem to envelop the Cowboys in bad times, Bryant said they don’t matter. That, more than perhaps anything, is what the Cowboys miss with Tony Romo out.

On the second play of the second quarter, Barth made a 52-yard field goal to tie the game at 3.

Dallas regained the lead when Bailey’s 53-yard field goal hit the left goal post and bounced through to make it 6-3. Neither team even got into field goal range in the third quarter.

As the score indicates, the Bucs struggled offensively. Jenkins has only played in 11 games over the past two seasons and he has the potential to be an offensive weapon for the Bucs.

Upon liftoff, he lost control of the ball, and Dallas recovered.

There were a few times when the Cowboys did manage to make plays that have eluded them recently.