The Bucs Win Two In A Row

Martha was on the edge of her seat as she screamed at the television...being a hardcore Bucs fan for 10 years. The score was the Eagles 21 and the Bucs 20...with only seconds to spare..."what happened next was amazing and so unexpected" Martha said. Both teams played a great game but in the end Bryant brought most fans to tears in a good way.

Matt Bryant nailed one of the most impressive field goals in NFL history, a 62-yard game-winner at the buzzer, to give the Bucs a wildly improbable 23-21 victory!

It didn’t seem possible, but somehow Matt Bryant found a way to trump Ronde Barber’s two-touchdown, déjà vu performance. What did Bryant do? Only nail one of the most stunning field goals in NFL history, a 62-yard game-winner to provide the final points at the end of regulation in a 23-21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers win over the visiting Philadelphia Eagles. It was the second-longest game-winning field goal ever in the NFL, trailing only Tom Dempsey’s historic 63-yarder for New Orleans against Detroit on November 8, 1970.

“It was a very exciting, thrilling victory,” said Head Coach Jon Gruden. “I’m very proud of our football team. “Obviously Matt Bryant gets own room when we go on road now, and anything else he wants. “That’s one of most dramatic finishes to a football game any of us will ever see. To beat a team like Philadelphia is an amazing accomplishment, I don’t care what the statistics say. To beat two of the best teams in football in two straight weeks is quite an accomplishment.” Bryant’s desperation attempt completed a 20-yard, 33-second drive that also trumped Brian Westbrook’s apparent game-winner seconds earlier, a 52-yard catch and run on which he broke at least three tackles.

And what did Barber do to set the bar so high? Only become the first player in Buccaneer history to return two interceptions for touchdowns in the same regular-season contest, a feat that helped the Bucs build a 17-0 lead 10 minutes into the second half. Barber’s performance was eerily familiar, particularly his first touchdown. Donovan McNabb, short pass left. Barber, perfect read and sudden cut. Open field to the end zone. Six.