The Tampa Bay Buccaneers prevailed 30-28 over the New England Patriots in their third preseason game, and final game at Raymond James Stadium before the regular season starts.<\/p>\n
The Bucs (2-1) still need to fine tune their offense, but quarterback Josh Freeman<\/strong> used his two new additions brilliantly.<\/p>\n First round draft pick, running back Doug Martin<\/strong>, has made it more difficult for LeGarrett Bloun<\/strong>t to regain his starting position. Martin<\/strong> scored a touchdown and rushed for 53 yards, while newly acquired wide receiver, Vincent Jackson<\/strong>, caught three passes for 49 yards.<\/p>\n The Buc defense looked primed and ready, sacking Tom Brady<\/strong> twice, and rushing his throws on other downs. First round draft pick Mark Barron<\/strong> (defensive back) grabbed an interception from a tipped ball by Ronde Barber<\/strong>, and returned it 22 yards for a score.<\/p>\n The Bucs will enter their final preseason game against Robert Griffin, III<\/strong> and the Washington Redskins without the services of two-time pro guard, Davin Joseph<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Joseph<\/strong> is lost for the season with torn patellar tendon in his right knee. He is expected to have surgery Monday.<\/p>\n Joseph\u2019s<\/strong> injury occurred when his teammate, Donald Penn<\/strong>, rolled up the back of his leg.<\/p>\n Ted Larson<\/strong>, who started 14 games for the Bucs last season, will be filling in for Joseph<\/strong>, although third-year pro, Derek Hardman<\/strong>, is listed as Joseph\u2019s<\/strong> backup on the depth chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Tampa Bay Buccaneers prevailed 30-28 over the New England Patriots in their third preseason game, and final game at Raymond James Stadium before the regular season starts. The Bucs (2-1) still need to fine tune their offense, but quarterback Josh Freeman used his two new additions brilliantly. First round draft pick, running back Doug […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}