Falcons sink Bucs to snap five-game losing streak

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piled up 119 off eight catches as the fended off the on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium. Our takeaways: and the looked like an NFC powerhouse when they on the Bucs in . Sunday's victory brought us closer to what they really are: An incomplete team Josh Reynolds Jersey laced with a handful of stars that needed another meeting with Tampa to snap a five-game losing streak. At , they're only relevant because of how awful the NFC South has become. -- not -- is the for this floating Bucs squad. The veteran pa ser engineered Zach Laskey Jersey Tampa's best opening drive of the season with a 17-play march that chewed 8:36 off the clock and triggered a field goal. Still, McCown generated just 17 total points and despite being sacked just once. The journeyman found seven different targets and played a cleaner game than anything we've seen from Glennon, but this remains a team in search of a franchise pa ser.Not to rain on Atlanta's parade, but this season's rely too heavily on Ryan and to carry Dominique Easley Jersey the day. I see a team that can't win battles at the line of scrimmage, can't rush the pa ser from week to week and can't reliably run the ball -- against teams other than Tampa. They cro sed 100 yards on the ground Sunday for the first time since September. was outstanding in the first half against the last week, but the Bucs runner vanished against the . With just 14 yards Michael Brockers Jersey off six totes, Rainey wasn't featured in a game plan that seemed determined to lean on McCown finding his tall pa s-catchers. We did see the debut of rookie , who ran for 23 yards off eight attempts but killed Tampa with a .After dominating center last week, Bucs defensive tackle didn't appear in the halftime box score and finished with no sacks and zero quarterback hits.This is so Bucs: closed the first half by icing on a field goal attempt Derek Carrier Jersey that the kicker mi sed. Bryant's second kick gave Atlanta the 13-10 lead at intermi sion. Why do coaches keep doing this?The latest Around The NFL Podcast from an action-packed Sunday. Find more Around The NFL content on .