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Rookie Recap: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookies contributed two touchdowns to the cause in Week 15 as they defeated the Detroit Lions, on the road, to improve to 7-7.

Our focus on the rookie class for 2019 is almost complete, and then we’ll turn our attention to the next draft class entering the NFL. It’s been fun tracking this group of first-year players, and this weekend left no deficit in the fun department either.

So, as we always do about this time, let’s put the spotlight on the rookies.

NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions
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Murphy-Bunting turned up and showed out in front of his home crowd, and led the Buccaneers in tackles with eight.