The quarterback musical chairs continued as Jameis Winston replaced Ryan Fitzpatrick late in the third quarter and led four scoring drives but once again the Bucs came up short. Four interceptions on the day, one albeit on a final Hail Mary pass and a defense that once again could not stop anyone when the need was greatest. Once more Tampa Bay racked up over 500 yards offense but still fell to their seventh defeat in eight games.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Barber 18-106, Winston 5-16, Rodgers 3-15, Fitzpatrick 4-14. GIANTS: Barkley 27-142, Gallman 2-11, Beckham 1-11, Manning 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Fitzpatrick 21-13-167-3-0, Winston 16-12-199-1-2. GIANTS: Manning 18-17-231-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 6-120, Howard 5-78, Jackson 4-38, Humphries 3-60, Godwin 3-50, Brate 2-16, Barber 2-4. GIANTS: Beckham 4-74, Engram 2-66, Gallman 2-24, Shepard 2-22, Barkley 2-10, Penny 2-4, Ellison 1-12, Fowler 1-10, Coleman 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. GIANTS: RIley 1-46, Ogletree 1-15, Thomas 1-0, Webb 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Ogunbowale 7-137. GIANTS: Coleman 5-134, Thomas 1-4. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Humphries 1-10. GIANTS: Henderson 1-5. SACKS BUCS: McCoy 2-18, Pierre-Paul 1.5-13, Nassib 0.5-4. GIANTS: Martin 1-7.
COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brenaman and Chris Spielman
SCORING NYG 11:42-1Q Barkley 6 pass from Manning (Rosas kick) NYG 13:37-2Q Barkley 5 run (Rosas kick) TB 4:56-2Q Fitzpatrick 1 run (Santos kick) NYG 14:13-3Q Ogletree 15 interception return (Rosas kick) NYG 7:04-3Q Rosas FG52 TB 1:32-3Q Evans fumble recovery in endzone (Santos kick) NYG 13:04-4Q Beckham 8 pass from Manning (Rosas kick) TB 9:47-4Q Barber 5 run (Santos kick) TB 5:11-4Q Humphries 8 pass from Winston (Santos kick) NYG 3:52-4Q Barkley 2 run (Rosas kick) TB 2:22-4Q Evans 41 pass from Winston (Santos kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on yet another change at quarterback Peyton Barber had a career day in the loss OJ Howard left the game in the second half with an injured ankle How Roy Cummings saw the game for Florida Football Insiders Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Jameis Winston’s fumble was recovered in the endzone by Mike Evans to prevent another redzone disaster Peyton Barber scored on his way to his first 100-yard game of the season Evans caught a long Winston touchdown pass for the fourth scoring play since Jameis entered the game
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 New York Giants 38 Sunday 18 November 2018 at Met Life Stadium
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 94 Nassib LG 74 Marpet DT 93 McCoy C 66 Jensen DT 91 Allen RG 77 Benenoch RDE 90 Pierre-Paul RT 69 Dotson MLB 53 Taylor TE 80 Howard WLB 49 Bullough WR 10 Humphries SLB 59 Bond WR 11 Jackson LCB 24 Grimes WR 13 Evans RCB 33 Davis QB 14 Fitzpatrick SS 31 Whitehead RB 25 Barber FS 39 Johnson PLAYED 3 Winston, 5 Santos, 9 Anger, 12 Godwin, 17 Watson, 22 Harris, 26 Adams, 29 Smith, 32 Rogers, 34 Igwebuike, 35 Elliott, 41 Minter, 44 Ogunbowale, 45 Cross, 50 Vea, 52 Lynch, 56 Nunez-Roches, 57 Spence, 61 Wester, 67 Liedtke, 82 Auclair, 84 Brate, 89 Sanborn, 92 Gholston INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 21 Evans, 27 Jones, 36 Stewart, 54 David, 65 Cappa, 97 Curry