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Arians high on the defense after big win against the Panthers

The Buccaneers won their first game of the 2019 season Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers. In his day-after-game press conference, head coach Bruce Arians talked about what went right as well as some things that the team can still work on.

(Opening statement)

“Obviously, watching the film, I was very pleased with how hard we played. There’s this old saying that whoever plays harder the longest will win games – I think that was true in that one. Was it perfect? By no means, but we made enough plays to win the ball game.