MINNEAPOLIS -- One week after limiting the Chicago Bears to just 20 rushing yards and forcing four turnovers, the hobbled Tampa Bay Buccaneers were brought back down to earth, falling to the Minnesota Vikings 34-17.
This wasn't the annihilation the Bucs suffered in Week 2 last year against the Arizona Cardinals, but it certainly was the type of maddening loss that would make a coach not only throw away the tape, but burn it.
Defense decimated with injuries: The Bucs' circumstances heading into the game didn't help.