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Bucs need to rethink defensive strategy over bye week

TAMPA, Fla. -- You could have heard a pin drop in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' locker room after Sunday's 48-10 beatdown by the Chicago Bears. Players sat in silence at their lockers -- stunned and speechless. This wasn't Drew Brees or Matt Ryan who had just dismantled them -- it was Mitchell Trubisky.

The second-year quarterback threw six touchdown passes against the Bucs -- five in the first half alone -- after throwing seven all of last season. The Bucs' defense should let that stew for a little while.