The loss, Tampa Bay's fourth in a row, dropped the team to 2-6 at the season's midway point, while the Seahawks improved to 6-2. The Buccaneers' unprecedented six-week, five-game road swing started well with a 55-40 win over the Rams in Los Angeles but that would prove to be the only win in that run despite significant improvements in ball security and red zone production in Seattle.
The Bucs did rally twice, tying the game at 27-27 and 34-34 in the game's final five minutes. Tampa Bay's offense had to keep countering punches from the Seahawks, who finished with 492 total yards, but Arians also lauded his defense for keeping the team in the game despite losing CB Carlton Davis and OLBs Carl Nassib and Anthony Nelson to injury. Davis hurt his hip in pregame warmups, forcing rookie CB Jamel Dean into a much bigger role on defense.
"I'm really, really proud of our guys," said Arians. "At one time we had six rookies out there on defense and they were fighting their asses off. This was an NFL game for some of them, they got broken in pretty good.
After committing 11 turnovers in a pair of losses to Carolina and Tennessee, the Buccaneers avoided giving it away until a fluky play in the fourth quarter, when Winston's arm hit the back of T Donovan Smith on his windup, causing a fumble that was returned to the Buccaneers' 15. That set up a 22-yard Jason Myers field goal that gave Seattle its first lead of the day with eight-and-a-half minutes to play.
DE Rasheem Greene seemed destined for the end zone on the return of Winston's fumble but he was chased down from behind by Evans to eventually save four points. Rookie ILB Devin White had a similar hustle play in the third quarter when he caught RB Chris Carson from behind at the end of a 59-yard run, forcing a fumble that unfortunately went out of bounds.
"Yeah, everybody gave some great effort. I thought Devin White's play on Carson was unbelievable, we just don't get that fumble," said Arians. "That's what these young guys are all about."
Evans' hustle play was particularly impressive considering how busy he was on offense, catching 12 passes on 16 targets for 180 yards and a touchdown. Following his 198-yard performance last week in Tennessee, Evans is the first player in franchise history to post two consecutive 150-yard receiving games. The Bucs got 99 yards on the ground, too, led by 67 and a touchdown from Ronald Jones, who supplanted Peyton Barber in the starting lineup for the first time.
If there was a self-inflicted problem in this one, it was penalties. The Bucs were flagged 11 times for 82 yards, including a 38-yard pass interference penalty on Devin White that set up a Seattle touchdown. The Bucs also lost touchdowns on two consecutive plays in the third quarter, eventually settling for a Matt Gay field goal. There was even one illegal contact penalty on the game-winning drive in overtime.
That said, the Buccaneers seemed to handle the Seattle crowd noise well, particularly after opening up an early lead. Winston was sacked just twice, none in the first half, and routinely had time to throw downfield.
Winston and the Buccaneers' offense started fast, with a 75-yard game-opening touchdown drive, and had 21 points by halftime, their most since a Week Four win over the Rams in Los Angeles. The reason was a significant improvement in situational football: Tampa Bay was five-of-seven on third downs, three-of-three on red zone drives and two-of-two on goal-to-go possessions before the intermission. The Bucs later made it four-of-four and three-of-three in those two latter categories on Ogunbowale's game-tying touchdown.
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