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Bucs' Winston Vs. Texans'
3 Buccaneers Selected To The 2020 Pro Bowl; Winston Snubbed
Watson Will Be Must See
Football Saturday At 1 P. M.
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers have pulled their record back to .500 thanks to a 38-17 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
In that game, quarter- back Jameis Winston made history by becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 450-plus yards in back-to-back games. Winston finished Sunday’s game with a career-high 458 yards, one week after throw- ing for 456 against the Colts. Saturday, Winston will be going up against Houston Texans star quarterback De- Shaun Watson at Ray- mond James. The game starts at 1 p.m.
The Bucs were already playing last Sunday without their top receiver in Mike Evans before they lost
JAMEIS WINSTON AND DESHAUN WATSON
Record In Same Game
Chris Godwin to a ham- string injury, one that could sideline him for the rest of the season.
That right there could be why the Buccaneers opened as +1.5 point underdogs at home in Week 16 to the Houston Texans.
The Texans are the team
with more on the line given their race to the postseason, but the Bucs have won four- straight games and are as hot as any team in the league right now. This game would be a huge statement win for Tampa Bay. A Bucs upset over the Texans is more than likely.
Ezekiel Elliott’s Father Facing 21 Charges For Illegally Keeping Exotic Cat As Pet
Stacy Elliott, aka Stacy El- Muhammad, with his son and Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, right.
The father of Dallas Cow- boys running back Ezekiel Elliott is facing 21 charges for illegally keeping an exotic cat as a pet.
Elliott’s father, Stacy El- liott (also known as Stacy El- Muhammad), was charged Tuesday by the Ohio Depart- ment of Agriculture, the Ohio Department of Natural Re- sources, the Fairfield Area Hu- mane Society and Fairfield County dog warden.
El-Muhammad is ac- cused of keeping a serval, which is a wild cat from Africa, as a pet. Many of the charges have to do with a failure to no- tify, register and receive a per- mit to keep such a pet. El-Muhammad is also charged for lying to authorities about being the pet’s owner.
Authorities learned about the serval because of an Oct. 13 incident when it attacked a neighborhood dog near El- Muhammad’s Violet Town- ship home. A responding deputy from the sheriff’s office shot and killed the animal.
MIKE EVANS
CHRIS GODWIN
SHAQ BARRETT
Drew Brees Sets
Tuesday evening at 8pm, the NFL revealed the 2020 Pro Bowl rosters. Given the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ high- powered offense, it would have been shocking for their wide receiving duo not make the team. Both Chris God- win and Mike Evans were selected to the team, al- though not listed as starters, since, as you’d expect, as they were both shut down with hamstring injuries.
Evans played 13 games this season before winding up on injured reserve, ending his season with 67 receptions, 1,157 yards and eight touch- downs. In Week 12, Evans joined Hall of Fame WR Randy Moss as the only re- ceivers in NFL history to eclipse 1,000 yards in each of their first six seasons. While Godwin’s season isn’t offi- cially over with a similar hamstring injury to Evans, his season will most likely finish with 86 receptions, 1,333 yards and nine touch- downs.
The league leader in sacks
is the Bucs’ outside line- backer Shaq Barrett with 16.5, tied with Warren Sapp for the Bucs all-time record in a single season. He has two games remaining to stand alone with that record. Barrett signed a one-year contract with the Buccaneers in the offseason, and after the year he’s had you can expect the Bucs to do whatever it takes to keep him on the team long-term. Coach Bruce Ar- ians stated he ain’t going anywhere.
Jameis Winston was not selected to the Pro Bowl, which is probably the most Jameis Winston thing that could have happened. In what is nothing short of a co- nundrum for this season, Winston’s 4,573 passing yards is leading the NFL, his 30 touchdown passes is 2nd only to MVP front-runner, Lamar Jackson’s 33, and of course the blemish is his league-leading 24 intercep- tions. We consider it a snub that he wasn’t named to the team.
Completion Percentage
As Touchdown Record
Leave it to Drew Brees to set a new second record while breaking another record.
Brees passed for 307 yards and four touchdowns in his New Orleans Saints’ win over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night.
His third touchdown pass of the game gave him 540 ca- reer touchdown passes, which broke Peyton Man-
DREW BREES
ning’s record.
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