The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense has been giving up yards this year, but very few scores, as they did last year. THey continued that trend against the New England Patriots.
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The Bucs defense gave up more passing yards and more rushing yards to the Patriots’ offense. Using those two stats would suggest that New England would have also scored more than their average of 32.3 points per game, but they did not. Tampa employed a “bend, but don’t break” philosophy against this potent Patriots’ offense and it did its job well to limit a Tom Brady led offense.