3 Takeaways from Buccaneers’ Week 11 Loss
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The slay of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ Monday night sport with the Los Angeles Rams used to be pickle up for one more Tom Brady fourth-quarter comeback.
As an different, the six-time Plentiful Bowl champion threw his 2nd interception of the night and the Bucs dropped a foremost matchup in the NFC playoff issue.
Brady used to be not at his splendid in the Week 11 loss. He performed correct over half of of his passes and grew to develop into the ball over twice. He used to be outplayed by Jared Goff in the 27-24 defeat, which moved Tampa Bay’s top-time sage to 1-3 in 2020.
The 43-year-worn wasn’t the one reason the Bucs lost, but he frequently is the first decide in focal level attributable to his stature for the length of the team.
Tampa Bay didn’t earn a constant speeding assault going, and its secondary struggled to accumulate the Los Angeles duo of Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods.
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Brady’s two 2nd-half of interceptions pickle up a Rams touchdown and ended the sport.
In the third quarter, the weak quarterback used to be intercepted by Jordan Fuller, who took the ball help to the Tampa Bay 37-yard-line.
Seven performs later, Goff picked out Cam Akers in the left facet of the slay zone to give the Rams a 24-17 revenue.
Brady deserves credit for bringing the Bucs help to degree the gather at 24, but he failed to bear one final comeback in him.
The Tampa Bay model-caller used to be given two minutes and 32 seconds to work down the sphere to either originate a sport-tying field purpose or a sport-successful touchdown.
Brady performed the first two passes of the capability to Cameron Brate and Chris Godwin, but he then neglected Antonio Brown and used to be picked off by Fuller all over again on his next throw.
5 of Brady’s 9 interceptions thrown in 2020 bear reach in his team’s final two losses. Contemporary Orleans grew to develop into him over on thrice.
He replied to the loss to the Saints by torching the Carolina Panthers for 46 points, but he’s not going to bear the same luxurious in Week 12 versus the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Both devices of working backs struggled to originate ground on Monday, but Tampa Bay’s shortcomings were extra obvious attributable to Brady’s 2nd-half of play.
Ronald Jones II and Leonard Fournette combined to run for 41 yards, and neither participant used to be efficient in the passing sport. The latter used to be centered on four times by Brady, but he dropped the ball on thrice.
The inability of a speeding assault used to be similar to the blowout loss to the Saints, when the Bucs managed eight yards on the bottom.
In Tampa Bay’s four losses, it averaged 60.5 speeding yards per sport, but that quantity feels excessive given how unhappy it carried out towards the Saints and Rams.
Of their seven victories, the Bucs averaged 119.8 speeding yards. That total shows how foremost Jones and Fournette are to supporting Brady.
If the Bucs can earn Jones and Fournette extra serious about the impending weeks, they could maybe well also merely unexcited plot the conventional season on an spectacular fresh. After Kansas City in Week 12 and a Week 13 bye, they conclude with Minnesota, Detroit and Atlanta twice, all of which could maybe be winnable contests.
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Los Angeles’ sport notion used to be clear from the first power when Goff connected with Kupp for five catches and learned Woods in the slay zone.
The two Rams broad receivers experienced puny danger discovering gaps in the Tampa Bay secondary.
Kupp performed with 11 receptions for 145 yards, and Woods totaled 12 catches for 130 yards and a touchdown. They combined to purchase 23 of their 28 targets.
The Tampa Bay defensive backs were build in the realm to lope Kupp and Woods across the gridiron by the strong speeding protection.
The Buccaneers smothered the Rams working backs virtually every time they took handoffs from Goff, which compelled the quarterback to settle on the sport via the air.
The 26-year-worn used to be intercepted twice, but when it got right here time for one final pause, the Bucs didn’t earn it. Woods and Kupp combined for 50 receiving yards on the capability that led to Matt Tickled’s sport-successful 40-yard field purpose.
If the Bucs can’t repair the secondary disorders that plagued them on Monday, they’ll be in for a rough Sunday towards the Chiefs.
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Statistics obtained from Pro Football Reference