

It was a lot, but I feel like guys were pretty locked in during these pretty strange times. Everyone was dealing with their dog, their baby. But, you know, it’s a lot different when you’ve got little kids running around the hotel. “I think we tried to keep the schedule as normal as possible. “I feel like there were a lot of distractions, but I feel like guys handled it really well during our time in Miami,” tackle Tristan Wirfs said. It was a bold but brilliant defensive wrinkle, and it worked amazingly. The Bengals philosophy on Mahomes second drop back of the third quarter foreshadowed what theyd do for the remainder of the game. He completed 8-of-18 passes for 55 yards with two interceptions, four sacks, and no touchdowns. The loss ended an emotional week for the Bucs, who relocated 300 players, coaches, staff and their families, including 18 pet dogs and a rabbit, to south Florida to prepare for the game away from the path of Hurricane Ian. Mahomes dropped back 24 times after halftime.

We’re here for one reason, not to move the ball, but to score more points than the other team.” “I think (we were) a little bit better than the way we’ve been playing. Because we didn’t do much on offense, we left our defense out there. They did well on third down and in the red area. Patrick played great,” Brady said of Mahomes. Our third-down defense was poor, and we played a poor game and that falls on me. We’ve got to play good situational football if they do get it down there and hold them to three at least. They did a good job, and they kicked our butts all over the field,” Bowles said. But Bowles pinned the loss on the defense he coaches. Two plays later, the Chiefs were in the end zone, with Mahomes throwing a 16-yard touchdown to Travis Kelce. Sure, rookie running back Richaad White fumbled the opening kickoff at the Tampa Bay 21. Definitely we’re not doing that again this season if not ever.”īucs coach Todd Bowles didn’t mince words after the game. It’s not our identity, and we know better than that. It seems the list of teams that almost drafted Patrick Mahomes back in 2017 grows bigger. Seeing 180-something yards rushing is just mind-boggling. Sean Payton explained just how close the New Orleans Saints were to drafting Patrick Mahomes back in 2017. I’m sitting here still trying to figure out what just happened,” said Bucs defensive tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches after the Chiefs rushed for 189 yards and two scores.
