The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the Arizona Cardinals by five points on Sunday, the second straight week that they had come up short by that exact margin. However, while their 19-14 defeat at the hands of the New England Patriots in Week Five was a typical dogfight that came down to the wire, the game in Arizona was unlike any in team history.
The Buccaneers scored 33 of the game's final 40 points but still lost, 38-33. That's because they found themselves down, 31-0, early in the second half. The rally that followed was a furious one, but in the end that initial deficit was too much to overcome.