The Bucs broke their two-game losing streak with a dominating defensive performance on MNF against the Giants. Mike Evans became the Bucs’ all-time leading touchdown scorer and the defense added a couple of key interceptions. And for the first time in 12 years, I was present to see a Buc win in person. Section 147 under the Pirate Ship was rocking all night.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 10-35, Jones 8-33, Evans 1-10, Brady 1-10, Godwin 1-7, Vaughn 3-4, Gabbert 2-(-2), Perriman 1-(-3). GIANTS: Barkley 6-25, Ross 1-16, Booker 3-15, Jones 3-10. PASSING BUCS: Brady 46-30-307-1-2, Gabbert 2-2-11-0-0. GIANTS: Jones 38-23-167-2-1, Toney 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 6-73, Gronkowski 6-71, Godwin 6-65, Fournette 6- 39, Brate 2-27, Perriman 2-19, Howard 1-10, Johnson 1-8, Bernard 1-3, Darden 1-3. GIANTS: Toney 7-40, Barkley 6-31, Slayton 4-37, Engram 2-12, Rudolph 1-28, Golladay 1-12, Booker 1-5, Thomas 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: McLendon 1-0, Edwards 1-0. GIANTS: Jackson 1-10. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Bernard 1-18, Vaughan 1-15, Darden 1-13. GIANTS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 1-9. GIANTS: Cooper 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Nelson 1-11, Gill 0.5-3.5, O’Connor 0.5-3.5. GIANTS: Johnson 1-10
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 New York Giants 10 Monday 22 November 2021 at Raymond James Stadium
GAME SCORING TB 7-0 11:03-1Q Godwin 13 pass from Brady (Succop kick) NY 7-3 4:04-1Q Gano FG37 TB 10-3 11:16-2Q Succop FG25 NY 10-10 9:14-2Q Thomas 2 pass from Jones (Gano kick) TB 17-10 5:06-2Q Jones 6 run (Succop kick) TB 24-10 7:31-3Q Evans 5 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 27-10 3:53-3Q Succop FG40 TB 30-10 7:44-4Q Succop FG30
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud leads with the impact Rob Gronkowski’s return had Bucs defense brings the passion, pass rush and a couple of picks An interception that took a lifetime to arrive for Steve McLendon Mike Evans breaks out his Monday night mojo again Sean Murphy-Bunting better than expected in return Hall of Famer John Lynch was honoured at half-time Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet NT 56 Nunez-Roches C 66 Jensen DL 92 Gholston RG 65 Cappa LOLB 90 Pierre-Paul RT 78 Wirfs LILB 45 White TE 80 Howard RILB 54 David TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 58 Barrett WR 13 Evans CB 35 Dean WR 14 Godwin CB 23 Murphy-Bunting QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 11 Gabbert, 16 Perriman, 18 Johnson, 21 Vaughn, 25 Bernard, 27 Jones, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 32 Edwards, 43 Cockrell, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 52 Britt, 64 Stinnie, 72 Wells, 79 O’Connor, 84 Brate, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson INACTIVES 2 Trask, 26 Adams, 46 Tinker, 50 Vea, 60 Leverett, 81 Brown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Ronald Jones’ scoring run put the Bucs ahead for good Mike Evans became Tampa Bay’s all-time touchdown leader Steve McLendon waited a long time for his first NFL interception
COMMENTARY CREW Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 11 New England 25 Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 40 New Orleans 29 Miami 24 NY Jets 17 Washington 27 Carolina 21 Indianapolis 41 Buffalo 15 Cleveland 13 Dertoit 10 San Francisco 30 Jacksonville 10 Houston 22 Tennessee 13 Minnesota 34 Green Bay 31 Baltimore 16 Chicago 13 Cincinnati 32 Las Vegas 13 Arizona 22 Seattle 13 Kansas City 19 Dallas 9 LA Chargers 41 Pittsburgh 37 Tampa Bay 30 NY Giants 10 Bye: Denver, LA Rams