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Bucaneers Beat Falcons In Overtime
Jameis Winston led the Bucs in overtime on a long drive that secured the team’s third victory.
After Loss Of Brother, Alexander Plays Bucs' Starring Role With A Heavy Heart
For the second straight week, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played one half of dominating football, and went to sleep in the second half.
This time, the Bucs were for- tunate as they took the Atlanta Falcons into overtime to secure a 23-20 win.
The Bucs jumped out to a 17- point lead after taking advan- tage of four Falcon turnovers.
In their first possession in overtime, Jameis Winston led the Bucs within field goal range, converting three times on third down before Connor Barth secured the victory.
Atlanta’s offense got another chance to keep the game going, but failed to reach mid-field.
Tampa Bay Buccaneer line- backer, Kwon Alexander, played the game with a heavy heart after getting news his
younger brother was killed in a fight two days before the game. He had an interception and a fumble recovery in the game.
The Falcons (6-2) turned out to be their own worst enemy, losing three fumbles and inter- ception. They were also penal- ized 11 times for 124 yards.
Winston, who scored a rushing touchdown, finished the evening completing 16-0f- 29 passes for 177 yards and no interceptions. Doug Martin rushed for 71 yards.
The Bucs (3-4), who have one more win than all of last season, and are still last in the NFC South division, will come home from their two-game road trip to play the Eli Man- ning led New York Giants at Raymond James Stadium.
The Giants are coming off of a shootout loss against the NFC South New Orleans Saints, 52-49.
ATLANTA -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Kwon Alexander excelled for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sun- day in their upset win over the Atlanta Falcons and the rookie linebacker did it with the heav- iest of hearts less than 48 hours after his 17-year-old brother was killed.
After leading the Bucs with a game-high 11 tackles and as- sists and adding an intercep- tion and his first fumble recovery in the Bucs' 23-20 overtime win, Alexander took longer to dress than all but a few teammates. He then acknowledged the loss of his brother, Broderick Taylor II, who was shot to death dur- ing a fight in their hometown of Anniston, Ala.
"It's been hard, man," he said. "He was my little brother, but I know he'd want me to be strong for him, and I came out here and dedicated this game to him. [I was] very deter- mined because [he] wanted me to do it. All he wanted me to do is ball, so dedicated it to him."
Alexander took to Twitter after the game to share his thoughts and pay tribute to his brother.
Tampa coach Lovie Smith said he did not interfere with Alexander's decision to play.
"I left it up to him," Smith explained. "I can't imagine los- ing your 17-year-old brother when you're fairly young, too. Again, football is a haven for you sometimes. It's a place to go ... his teammates were there for him, being supportive."
Alexander, a fourth-round draft choice out of LSU follow- ing his junior season, played the best game of his young ca- reer, picking off Atlanta quar- terback Matt Ryan in the end zone on the first possession of
KWON ALEXANDER
the game.
He took off on a 93-yard re-
turn, caught at the Falcons' 11- yard line by Atlanta wide receiver Julio Jones only to have his leaping pick wiped out because teammate Jacquies Smith had jumped offside prior to the snap.
That did not slow the Ox- ford, Alabama, native, who turned 21 on Aug. 3.
On Atlanta's next posses- sion, he stripped Jones from behind on the end of a 41-yard catch-and-run, stole the ball and returned it 20 yards.
"I never give up," Alexan- der said. "He wouldn't let me."
Shortly before midnight Fri- day, Alexander tweeted about his brother, who, ac- cording to The Tampa Bay Times, was killed close to where the two brothers grew up:
Taylor was, according to Alexander, "a very goofy guy. Tall, goofy. He loved to make people laugh. He was a good person."
Buccaneers teammates ral- lied around the grieving Alexander, knowing he was playing with heavy emotions
BRODERICK TAYLOR
Sunday.
"Amazing, man. We did it for
Kwon," Winston said after the game. "When a brother goes down, we are our brother's keeper ... we have to be our brother's keeper."
As Alexander left the field, his emotions finally caught up with him.
He broke down in tears.
He was ready to get back to
his family.
"When you're doing some-
thing for a purpose, family is a strong thing,'' Winston said. ”When something happens to your family and you're a true man and you go out and repre- sent for your family like that, that just says a lot. Everybody in that locker room has tremendous respect for the man that he is.
"For him to be a rookie is even more amazing,'' the quar- terback added. ”That's my brother.''
Alexander expressed thanks to his teammates for keeping his spirits up.
"Just losing my brother, and them being there, my brothers, I appreciate them," Alexan- der said. "It means so much to me that they're there for me."
Tiger Woods Former Caddie’s Pay Day: Talks About Affairs In Tell-All Book
Tiger Woods' former cad- die Steve Williams has de- scribed his anger and frustration at being "hung out to dry" by Woods' manage- ment when the golfer's infi- delities were revealed in 2009, and says he was sometimes treated as a "slave" on the course.
A New Zealand newspaper on Sunday published a chapter of Williams' tell-all book "Out of the Rough" in which the New Zealand-born caddie describes his reaction on learning of Woods' extramar- ital affairs. Williams writes that he didn't hear from his close friend Woods for four months as the golfer's mar- riage, career and reputation fell apart.
While Williams says he was angry to learn Woods had cheated on his wife Elin Nordegren, "he was still a friend in trouble and I was going to stick by him.
Williams says his life be- came "absolutely miserable" as details of Woods' behavior emerged and people suspected he had been aware of, or event played some part in Woods'
Tiger Woods' former caddie Steve Williams.
affairs.
"Tiger finally rang me on
March 23 (2010). He had al- ready sent me an apologetic email when he was in rehab. It was heartfelt and meaningful.
Williams said that before resuming his 13-year associa- tion with Woods he met with the golfer and presented a list of demands.
Williams said he often felt angry when Woods "would flippantly toss a club in the general direction of the bag, expecting me to go over and pick it up."
Note: Steve Williams was the highest paid cad- die making over $10 mil- lion a year of “slave work”.
Seahawks Beat The Cowboys On Back Of Maligned QB Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson sprinted toward the sideline in search a first down that could set up the winning points at Dallas.
The star quarterback made the corner, and the defending NFC champion Seahawks found their way back to .500.
Wilson had a scoring pass for the game's only touchdown, and his key run came on a drive to Steven Hauschka's go-ahead 24-yard field goal with 1:06 remaining, leading the Seahawks over the Dallas Cowboys 13-12 Sunday.
Seattle (4-4) improved to an NFL-best 21-6 in games head- ing into the bye in its second straight win. The Seahawks will see NFC West-leading Ari- zona in two weeks.
The Cowboys (2-5) lost their fifth straight without Tony
The Seahawks
when punt returner Ricardo Lockette was knocked uncon- scious during a punt return.
a tense moment for both teams, with some Seattle play- ers appearing upset at Heath, who flattened Lockette while he was running downfield and had been engaged with another player.
Russell Wilson sprints to the sidelines.
Romo in Dez Bryant's re- turn from a five-game absence with a broken right foot.
Seattle receiver Ricardo Lockette had an injury scare, came away with a concussion and was moving his extremi- ties after a vicious block by Jeff Heath on a punt return. It was
got a scare
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