New England Patriots vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3GML Game of the Week)
1 2 3 4 FINAL
NEW ENGLAND 0 3 3 3 9
TAMPA BAY 0 7 0 6 13
TAMPA BAY – Dak Prescott led his team into the Tampa Bay red zone with time ticking away with a chance for his New England Patriots (0-5) to pick up their first win of the 2017 season. Prescott and his teammates failed to score as the team dropped another heartbreaker 13-9.
"We are right there," Prescott said. "We just have to finish the deal."
The Buccaneers have now defeated a pair of AFC East squads and will be a force in the NFC playoff hunt.
"They (New England) are a good team over there," Jameis Winston said. "Even at 0-5, I think that's a team that can turn it around quickly."
Despite all their close calls, the Patriots will still be a formidable foe as we head into mid-October.
The team will next face the New York Jets in a game that could quickly start the turnaround for the Pats.
New York Jets 27 @ Cleveland 10
The New York Jets (3-2) shook off last week's heartbreaking loss with a workman-like effort to put away the Cleveland Browns 27-10 in front of the Dawg Pound. With only a 7-point lead to start the 2nd half, Derek Carr found a streaking Tyreek Hill for an 88-yard TD to take the air out of the stadium. Hill's 'deuces' made amends for last week's gaffe when he booted a late punt giving the Jacksonville Jaguars the ball late. The Jets next face the New England Patriots in an AFC East showdown.
Buffalo 31 @ Cincinnati 31 (OT)
In arguably the NFL's most entertaining game of the young 2017 season, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo Bills (2-2-1) ended in a 31-31 tie. Down seven points and with QB Aaron Rodgers out for the rest of the game, journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick gift-wrapped a pick-six late in the 4th which seemingly ended the contest. But 'Fitzmagic' showed up and willed the game to OT where both teams ran out of steam leading to the draw. The Bills head into their bye as the 3rd place team in the AFC East.
Tennessee 0 @ Miami 62
The Miami Dolphins (3-2) took out their London frustrations on the 0-5 Tennessee Titans with a college football score of 62-0 Sunday morning. With a pair of pick-sixes, one a 99-yard score by CB Kevin Johnson, and a pair of blocked FGs by Jason Verrett which were both picked up and taken to the house by rookie Rasul Douglas, the Dolphins showed no mercy for the Titans. The only negative: Four missed PATs by K Justin Tucker in the relentless rain. The Dolphins next head to Atlanta to take on the Falcons.
