Through the first six weeks of the season the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had been able to weather the storm of living on the edge, but on the seventh week luck rested.
Much like the loss to Philadelphia earlier in the season, the Bucs dug themselves an early hole and never found a way out. Late game heroics are great until they don't work, which is what happened on Monday night in Detroit.
It's a loss that not only stings but sends the Bucs tumbling down the NFC playoff picture. Coming into the night Tampa Bay had control of the No.