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Buccaneers Pick Six: Season spirals out of control

By James Yarcho

NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 5: Jameis Winston of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers watches a replay on the screen from the sidelines after being hurt in the first half of a game against the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on November 5, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints defeated the Buccaneers 30-10. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 5: Jameis Winston of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers watches a replay on the screen from the sidelines after being hurt in the first half of a game against the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on November 5, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints defeated the Buccaneers 30-10. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – NOVEMBER 05: Luke Stocker of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scores a touchdown as Marcus Williams #43 of the New Orleans Saints defends during the second half of a game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on November 5, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – NOVEMBER 05: Luke Stocker of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scores a touchdown as Marcus Williams #43 of the New Orleans Saints defends during the second half of a game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on November 5, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

Six Numbers To Consider

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Number of seasons since Luke Stocker’s last touchdown reception. He was the lone Buccaneers player to get into the end zone Sunday against the Saints.

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Jameis Winston is the second youngest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 passing yards at 23 years-303 days. Drew Bledsoe did it at 23 years-299 days. He’s also only the eighth player in NFL history to reach 10,000 yards in his first forty games (Marc Bulger, Kirk Cousins, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino, Matthew Stafford, and Kurt Warner)

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Lavonte David is fifth in the NFL in forced fumbles since his rookie season in 2012. He has forced sixteen for his career, including four this season.

16

Total points the Buccaneers have scored in the first halves of the last five games. No surprise those were all losses. But about that high powered offense…

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If the season ended today, the Buccaneers currently hold the number four draft pick. That’s right, the Andrew Luck-less Indianapolis Colts beat the Deshaun Watson-less Houston Texans Sunday, giving the Colts a better record than a (mostly) healthy Bucs team. What’s that tell you?

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The number of answers anyone has as to what in the world is wrong with this team. This is not an easy fix. This is an unmitigated disaster – with absolutely no end in sight.

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