Buccaneers Teased, Pleased, Then the Defense Floundered

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Published: November 15, 2009

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... second NFL start, braving the crowd at Land Shark Stadium, braving the Miami defense, leading his Buccaneers from a double-digit deficit to what looked like a spectacular second victory for this young team.

The big guy handed off to Cadillac Williams who wiggled in mid-air and somehow found his way across the goal line and lo-and-behold, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were leading the Miami Dolphins 23-22 with a little more than a minute to play in their Sunday afternoon battle.

Looked like things were finally going the Bucs' way, eh?

Freeman did his part, Kellen Winslow did his part, Maurice Stovall helped out, Caddy scored, the defense made some stops, made some plays like that Quincy Black interception that set up what looked like the winning series.

And new place kicker Conner Barth did more than his part. He became the first Buccaneer to kick three 50-yard plus field goals (51, 50, 54) in a single game. It was the Birth of Barth.

It was looking good...

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