Tampa Bay coach Raheem Morris has a lot to savor after the Buccaneers’ third straight victory of the season Monday night.

In the 24-17 win over the struggling Indianapolis Colts, the team overcame more than 100 yards in penalties, and showed the kind of late-game resolve they’ll need to make a run to the playoffs.

The Buccaneers’ schedule gets tough – including two games with co-NFC South leader New Orleans in the next month – and fixing lingering issues are just as much on their minds.

Offensively that means running the ball as well as they did Monday and eliminating penalties that take points off the scoreboard and could end up being costly in close games.

“Survive and advance. That’s what we’re after,” Morris said. “The thing you want to do is come out and run the football, control the game, and we did a nice job of that.