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Sports Jameis Winston Breaks The Bucs’ All-Time Passing
Panthers Replace Struggling Cam Newton For Final Hail Mary
Touchdown Record In Win, 24-17
The Carolina Panthers made a move late in Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers that is sure to raise some eyebrows.
Down 24-17 and facing a Hail Mary attempt to try to tie the game, the Panthers re- placed quarterback Cam Newton with backup Taylor Heinicke, sparking massive speculation about the state of Newton’s surgically-repaired shoulder.
Newton was unable to reach the end zone on a Hail Mary attempt from midfield as time expired. The Bucs were flagged for a penalty, which al- lowed the Panthers a second
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers star quarterback Jameis Winston com- pleted 20-of-30 passing at- tempts on the day for 249 yards and two touchdowns.
Those two scores were sig- nificant in that the first tied then the second subsequently broke the Bucs’ all-time pass- ing touchdown record. The previous mark was 80 set by former Buccaneer quarter- back Josh Freeman. Win- ston now has 81 in his four-year career with the Bucs and is in sole possession of the record. The Buccaneers beat the Carolina Panthers 24-17.
Sunday’s win marked the second straight game that Winston didn’t turn the ball over. It’s not a coincidence that the Bucs have won both of those two games. It allowed the Buccaneers to play with a lead the entire game, with a complementary effort by the defense to keep Carolina in check. Winston again made good decisions, scrambling when he had to. He was the team’s leading rusher on the day, running five times for a total of 48 yards. His long came on an 18-yard scamper on second-and-11 on the Bucs’ first drive of the game. It put the Bucs at the Carolina six-yard line, where three plays later Winston would toss a short pass to wide re- ceiver Adam Humphries for the three-yard touch- down. The only blemish on the offense was a question-
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CAM NEWTON
shot at a Hail Mary, leading them to bring in Heinicke for the second one. Heinicke reached the end zone on his attempt, but the ball fell in- complete to end the game.
Newton’s inability to reach the end zone on a Hail Mary is a bad sign about his arm.
able fumble at the goal line by running back Peyton Bar- ber that would have put the Bucs up 17-7 sooner. It didn’t matter in the end.
Safety Andrew Adams, who was signed by the team on September 26, had himself a career day when he nabbed a hat trick of interceptions for the Bucs’ defense. His first pick came off a tipped pass by linebacker Lavonte David in his first game back from in- jury. Adams grabbed the ball mid-air on Carolina’s first possession of the game and took the ball down to the Car- olina 20-yard line and setting up a Bucs’ 35-yard field goal. His second came on an errant throw by Carolina quarter- back Cam Newton in the
fourth quarter, after he was pressured by defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.
Adams went on to credit the entire defensive line for the pressure they brought all afternoon when speaking to the media in the locker room following the game. Adams’ third interception then came on a pass intended for Pan- thers’ wide receiver Curtis Samuel later in the fourth that prevented the Panthers from advancing beyond the Tampa Bay 32-yard line.
Though his nickname is “Double A,” in his postgame press conference, quarter- back Jameis Winston said he’s now calling Adams “Triple A” because of his three interceptions today.
Mike Tomlin Hilariously Criticizes Referees
Patrick Mahomes On
The Pittsburgh Steelers suffered an unprecedented loss on Sunday night, with the referees lending the Los Ange- les Chargers a helping hand. After the game, Mike Tom- lin hilariously made his point about the referees while being sure to avoid directly criticiz- ing them.
Tomlin has been fined in the past for criticizing the of- ficials. This time he made it clear he was dissatisfied with the officials, but he managed to do so without saying any- thing that would get him fined.
Even though his Steelers still should have won the game (they were leading 23-7 at halftime), Tomlin has some legitimate gripes. The officials made one of the worst
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mistakes of the year, some- how missing a blatant false start that should have negated a touchdown pass. There were complaints that the refs also missed a block in the back on a game-changing punt return for a touchdown.
Bad calls or not, the Steel- ers are the ones that blew the game with a flat performance in the second half.
Kareem Hunt Assault: ‘We
Don’t Do Those Things’
Mike McCarthy Was Surprised By Firing
Members of the Kansas City Chiefs were asked after Sunday’s win over the Oak- land Raiders about what hap- pened with Kareem Hunt. Patrick Mahomes gave the most straightforward re- sponse.
“I saw the stuff that hap- pened,” Mahomes said after the game, via ESPN’s Adam Teicher. “We don’t do those things.”
Hunt was involved in two incidents during the offsea- son where he was accused of assault. He was not charged for either nor punished by the league. Then on Friday, TMZ published video showing Hunt shoving and kicking a woman during a February in- cident inside his hotel/apart- ment complex.
The NFL placed Hunt on
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the Commissioner’s Exempt list, making him ineligible to play or practice. The Chiefs cut him, saying he lied to them about what happened.
Mahomes’ response is short, to the point, and per- fectly expresses what should be a clear policy: don’t get physical with women.
The Chiefs beat the Oak- land Raiders, 40-33
Mike McCarthy was fired by the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, and the head coach was surprised by the move, according to a report.
McCarthy was brought in by the team after a 20-17 home loss to the Arizona Car- dinals and was told he was fired. McCarthy was not ex- pecting the firing.
Surely McCarthy had to have seen reports saying he was likely a goner at the end of the season, and he had faced questions about his job secu- rity. He knew he was on the hot seat. But seeing him fired in-season is a surprise.
McCarthy had been the team’s head coach since 2006
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and won a Super Bowl in the 2010 season. The timing of the move, not the decision to fire McCarthy, is surprising; Super Bowl-winning head coaches usually are not dis- carded mid-season like some scrub who couldn’t get the job done.
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