The Bucs won a shootout in New Orleans to open the season 1-0 and made a statement to the NFL. While the Bucs offense had an incredible day of production, there were plenty of errors and bad coaching, particularly on defense, that could have cost the team this win.
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K Chandler CatanzaroThis team is cursed in the kicking department. Ever since Connor Barth tore an Achilles in a charity basketball game in 2013, it has been a revolving door of disappointment. The Bucs have been trying to solve the problem, spending tons of money, trying out new guys, even drafting them in the second round, but for whatever reason it has been an issue.
Tampa Bay hoped – and still hopes – Catanzaro will be the solution, but on Sunday, with the Saints trying to mount an unbelievable comeback in the fourth, the Bucs and Catanzaro had the chance for the official knockout blow midway through the quarter. Instead the field goal, that would have clinched it a lot sooner, sailed wide right and left life in the SuperDome and on the sidelines.
Fortunately the Bucs offense was able to bleed the clock inside of four minutes and won 48-40. Catanzaro won’t ever have better conditions to make a kick and that 44-yard attempt has to be as automatic as an extra point.
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