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Week 3 at Raiders
DIR By: Justis22
Date: October 10, 2018, 5:44 pm
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The team is 3-0 and they are looking like a real contender.
Taking on the Raiders in a Superbowl rematch from 02. And just
like that Superbowl the Bucs were able to put a hurt on the
Raiders and their offense. Only allowing 1 offensive touchdown.
They kept that high powered offense down. And they did not allow
them to do much of anything. They caused them to turn the ball
over 5 times. All of them on interecptions. They were rushing
both of the Raiders QBs today pressuring them so much that they
were making either bad throws or quick throws. Thanks to that
Ronde Barber was able to have himself one heck of a game. He was
able to get 2 picks and 3 tackles on the day. Now I know that
doesn't sound like he did much but we was able to shut down
their Hall of Fame receivers. They we're still able to get their
numbers but a lot of passes that could of went to them we're
batted down or picked off. Barber was not going to let them get
beat with the long ball. And they were able to do that. Only one
deep pass happened on them and it was called back cause Rice
stepped out of bounds. Other than that one play their longest
was a 20 yard pass and that was cause Rice was able to break
free. That defense was the real MVP of the game. Not only did
Barber have a good game Kelly was able to get himself 7 tackles
on the day and lead the team as well. Don't worry the leader of
the defense made a play as well getting a pick for himself. No
tackles but if you aren't going to get any tackles getting a
pick is just as good. Quarles and Bennett we're also able to
jump on the pick train and grabbed themselves a pick each.
Quarles was able to get 2 tackles on the day while Bennett got 1
tackle. But they didn't just pick off the QBs they sacked them
too. Getting 3 sacks on the QB on the day, by 3 different
players. Wyms, McFarland and White were all able to bring down
Gannon. He couldn't go anywhere. They held Gannon to only 83
yards and no touchdowns. The defense gave up a total of 351
yards total. And 318 of those yards came from the passing game.
Once Kerry Collins came in the game in the second half the game
was already out of reach at that point. But they shut down their
running game giving up 33 yards on the ground. Wheatley could go
anywhere and with them being down so early they almost gave up
on the run. As good as the defense was on Sunday Night Football
the offense did their jobs as well. They did not have an
unbalanced day with their d. The Bucs had 456 total yards and
221 of those yards came in the first half alone. Johnson had
himself a pretty good game being able to go over 300 yards
passing and get 2 touchdowns. First time he has done that this
season. He was 27-39 for 315 yards with those 2 TDs and just one
pick. He had a passer rating of 99.8 almost a 100 passer rating.
The backs also stepped their game up in prime time. Pittman had
97 yards rushing on 8 carries and 1 touchdown he also caught 2
passes for 7 yards. Mike Alstott didn't run the ball great only
getting 44 yards on 8 touches. The Raiders had him stopped. But
they couldn't hold him in the passing game. He had 8 receptions
for 56 yards and grabbed a touchdown reception. It was a big
game for the rookie Michael Clayton. He had the best game he has
had all year. Getting more receptions in this game then the last
2 games combined. He grabbed 6 passes for 97 yards. He keeps
playing like this he might be a starter or at least get him the
ball more. Galloway and McCardell didn't have bad games just not
as good of games as Clayton. Galloway had 4 catches for 54 yards
and a touchdown. McCardell was able to grab 3 receptions for 63
yards. Even Joe Jurevicius was able to get some passes thrown to
him. He only had 3 catches for 26 yards but every little bit
helps. If the Bucs can keep playing like this and don't let up
they will have the best defense again. They will have to bring
their A game cause the Broncos aren't a team to over look. They
need to focus and get ready for Denver next.
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