Week 10 Grades for Buccaneers Win Over Chicago Bears

QUARTERBACKS: A

The Buccaneers’ fearless leader had to be just that on a day where the Bucs would start with two back-ups on the offensive line, and end with a third stringer at center.

Jameis Winston came into the match-up trying to propel his team to their first win since coming out of the bye and ended up putting more than 300-yards on the Bears defense. It’s his second game this season going over the 300-yard mark, but is the first time his Bucs have won when he reaches the passing milestone.

Along with yards, the sophomore quarterback also put two touchdown passes on the board. The first came just four plays after Chicago running back Jordan Howard fumbled the ball on his own 30-yard line.

It wasn’t all roses for Winston however, as he did throw a first quarter interception after throwing behind receiver Cecil Shorts who had the ball deflect off his hands into the possession of Harold Jones-Quartey.

A day to be proud of for the Buccaneers’ franchise quarterback though, and perhaps no play was as clutch as the 39-yard connection he had with Mike Evans in the third quarter after scrambling away from what seemed to be about 15 Bears pass rushers, and fired the ball downfield to his main target.

After a delay of game following the big play, he tossed a gently arching pass over the Chicago secondary into the arms of one Freddie Martino who took it the rest of the way for a 43-yard touchdown and 24-10 lead early in the second half.

You know your team is having a good day when you can bring in your backup quarterback to close-out a victory, and Mike Glennon came in for the final minutes of the game to do just that.