Bucs humbled on Sunday against Broncos by a troubling continuing trend that they can't shake
For most teams in the NFL, they relish the opportunity to face inexperienced quarterbacks. Rookies. Backups. Players who haven't yet managed to get much experience under the bright lights to give you all that much to worry about. So far this season, the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers very much enjoyed facing the Denver […]
For most teams in the NFL, they relish the opportunity to face inexperienced quarterbacks. Rookies. Backups. Players who haven't yet managed to get much experience under the bright lights to give you all that much to worry about.
So far this season, the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers very much enjoyed facing the Denver Broncos and rookie QB Bo Nix. Each team picked off Nix twice in sending the Broncos to an 0-2 start.
Apparently the Bucs missed the memo. Again.
The Buccaneers added another inexperienced QB to the list of ones to do them in since Jon Gruden left town, falling 26-7 loss to the Broncos on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.
Nix didn't manage to throw his first NFL touchdown, but as it turned out he didn't have to. The rookie QB was slippery on the ground, making Tampa Bay defenders look slow and foolish as he blew by them time and again. He was efficient throwing the ball as well, completing 25 of 36 for 216 yards to nine different receivers.
It was a something that Buccaneer fans have seen too many times over the years, and most of them came during the team's dysfunctional decade from 2009-2019. The Lions' Drew Stanton helped Detroit topple Tampa Bay 23-20 that ultimately kept the Bucs out of the playoffs in 2010. Austin Davis led the Rams to a 19-17 win over Tampa Bay in 2014 after an injury ten-second runoff ended the game in field goal range for the Bucs. Marcus Mariota, in his first-ever NFL game, went 13/15 for 209 yards and 4 touchdowns against Tampa Bay in the 2015 season opener.
Oh, and who could forget the comeback the Bucs allowed Daniel Jones and the Giants in 2019? After trailing 28-10 at half, "Danny Dimes" led a furious second half comeback for a 32-31 win. Jones completed 23/36 attempts for 336 yards and 2 touchdowns, adding two more scores on the ground. That, to date, remains easily one of the best games of his disappointing career.
Now you can add Nix to that list.
It honestly looked like the Bucs were beginning to read what everyone was writing and saying about them after their 20-16 win in Detroit last week. That the Bucs are for real this year. That they're deep and talented. That perhaps they're a contender in the NFC this year rather than the team they just beat.
If only they'd remembered a very common saying that's particularly applicable to them on Sunday: those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
Baker Mayfield gets real after Bucs’ awful loss to Broncos and it shows off his leadership abilities
From the top-down, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Week 3 loss to the Denver Broncos was absolutely dismal. The Broncos made the Bucs defense look foolish on their opening drive, marching 69-yards before rookie quarterback Bo Nix's three-yard touchdown run gave them a 7-0 lead. Nix and co. never looked back after that and the end […]
