The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have found a way to play winning football in recent weeks. One major reason is the defense. From the starters to the rotational players, everyone has been making plays, allowing the Bucs’ offense to remain on the field and produce points.
Everyone is doing their part and on Wednesday, Todd Bowles was asked about the improvements that the group has made during the win streak.
In the eyes of Bowles, nothing crazy is happening, the team is just doing their jobs. He said it comes down to, “Just the understanding of the game. There [weren’t] that many big plays going down the field. I don’t like the one tackle we missed on the third-and-2-or-3 that we had right there, but for the most part, they followed the gameplan. They finished [the] two-minute [situation], which was important for us on defense. The offense did a good job two weeks ago; the defense did a good job this week.”
Going against the Chargers on Sunday is going to be a tough task for this group. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has only thrown one interception this year and he is playing at an elite level. This team doing the basics is nice but someone will have to make some extraordinary plays on Sunday.