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Bucs TE Cameron Brate Carted Off Field After Suffering Head Injury
Crushing 20-18
Another scary head injury forced a player to be carted off the field. This time it was Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate.
He appeared to sustain the injury late in the third quarter against the Pitts- burgh Steelers on Sunday after catching a pass from Tom Brady. Brate stayed on the turf for a while before the medical staff brought out the backboard stretcher and then the cart. Though he was- n't able to leave the field under his own power, Brate raised a thumbs up to show he was OK.
The Buccaneers officially ruled Brate out for the rest of the game soon after the play and added that he had movement in all of his ex- tremities. The team then con-
Loss To Steelers
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers were expected to walk into Acrisure Stadium on Sunday and leave with an easy victory over the strug- gling Pittsburgh Steelers.
Instead, they were beaten up on both sides of the ball on their way to a crushing 20-18 loss. The Steelers de- fense came to play.
Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay offense didn’t find the end zone until the final minutes of the game, and a failed two-point con- version kept the Bucs from tying things up. The Steelers moved the chains on multi- ple third-and-long situations on the ensuing drive, run- ning out the clock and seal- ing the upset win. Bradley basically had a bad game. It seems Brady personal life is bothering him. The fact still remains, Bucs can't win with- out Brady.
Pittsburgh won despite losing rookie quarterback
CAMERON BRATE
Tom Brady is sacked by Alex Highsmith of the Steel- ers, forcing a fumble during the second quarter in Pitts- burgh.
Kenny Pickett to a concus- sion, and held Tom Brady to just 243 yards passing de- spite missing most their starting secondary due to in- jury.
Tampa Bay failed to move the ball consistently all game long, and gave up too many big plays in key moments, despite facing a rookie quar- terback and his backup re- placement.
Concussions and head-re- lated injuries have come to the forefront of the NFL after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had to be carted off the field in Week 4. Tagovailoa missed the next two games before clearing the league's concussion protocols before Week 6.
firmed that Brate will travel home to Tampa with them on Sunday night.
This is Brate's second head-related injury in two weeks. He missed Week 5 after suffering a concussion in Week 4 before clearing the league's protocols prior to this game.
Back To Dak? Cowboys
Buccaneers
Should Win
QB Future Clarifies
Vs. Panthers
After Loss To Eagles
Sunday
At 1 P.M
Initially
CeeDee Lamb
said he was “not telling nobody nothing,” but in a quieter mo- ment of the Dal- las Cowboys' postgame locker room, the re- ceiver’s phras- ing was telling.
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers and Carolina Panthers will face off this week, with kickoff set for Sunday, October 23 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
The Panthers’ struggles continue without their head coach, as a 24-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams moves them to 1-5 for the season. Wide re- ceiver Robbie Anderson was sent to the locker room after arguing with the Panthers’ WR coach on the sideline, and their single touchdown of the game came off an interception that was returned for a touchdown. QB Baker Mayfield is still out with an ankle injury.
The Buccaneers fell to the Steelers in an unexpected 20- 18 final in Pittsburgh, putting them at 3-3. Tom Brady went 25-for-40, throwing just one touchdown in the fourth quar- ter of the game. Brady was seen berating his offensive line on the sideline after relying on kicker Ryan Succop to score for most of the day. Succop was 4-for-4 on field goals.
The Buccaneers should win this by 14.
Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush, pressured by Eagles defensive tackle Javon Hargrave, faced plenty of heat Sunday night in his first defeat as a starter.
“Cooper
[Rush] did
everything and exceeded all expectations, don’t get me wrong,” Lamb told Yahoo Sports, speaking in clear past tense. “But obviously 4 [Dak Prescott], when he comes back, we understand the situ- ation.
backup, sustained his first loss as starting quarterback in six tries, five this season. Cowboys teammates and coaches insisted blame fell on numerous shoulders. But Rush didn’t shy away from acknowledging his worst sta- tistical outing.
The Eagles deflected 12 of Rush’s pass attempts, inter- cepting three. The picks “were obviously,” Rush said, “the deciding factor.
“Can’t have those.”
Meanwhile, in the stadium tunnel outside the Cowboys’ locker room, Prescott told reporters: “I plan on going this week and trying to get the full week of practice.”
“It’s always positive for us, understanding we’re going to get QB1 back.”
The time is coming. And pending an unexpected set- back, it appears to already be here.
The Cowboys fell to 4-2, and third place in a competi- tive NFC East, as the Eagles outplayed them to the tune of a 26-17 decision on Sunday night. Rush, the veteran
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