Then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Ryan Fitzpatrick—you read that correctly, Ryan Fitzpatrick—came out of the gates looking like the NFL’s most unstoppable juggernaut. Tampa Bay didn’t just beat the New Orleans Saints, a playoff team from a year ago and Super Bowl favorite this season. The Buccaneers did to the Saints what the Saints were supposed to do to the Buccaneers in a 48-40 barn-burner. Instead, they coughed up 48 points to a team starting a quarterback with a 48-70-1 career record as a starter. Then Tampa Bay faced a 3rd-and-11 with the prospect of giving Brees the ball back with plenty of time.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 09, 2018 21:11 UTC