Bucs Take Control of NFC South in Hopes of 4th Straight Title

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00:00Somebody's got to win the NFC South and right now it might be Baker in the box for a second

00:09straight year with Baker under center, a fourth consecutive NFC South divisional crown for

00:16Tampa as a franchise.

00:18The Falcons have dropped four in a row and even with that DRS, it felt like it would

00:24be difficult for Atlanta to lose this division because they swept the Buccaneers in the regular

00:29season, winning both of their matchups this year.

00:33Not if Tampa just wins more games, which is what the Buccaneers are doing right now, taking

00:38care of business at home against a bad Raiders team, 28 to 13, the win for the Bucs.

00:45They cover as a six and a half point home favorite, total of 47 and a half does stay

00:50under.

00:51Tampa has won three in a row.

00:53They have covered in four of their last five.

00:55They are playing much better football with a healthier cast and crew, not even really

01:00Mike Evans yesterday, Jalen McMillan, the rookie out of Washington to receiving touchdowns

01:05for Tampa.

01:06Yeah.

01:07And yesterday I had Sterling Shepard on one of those crazy numbers that let me just take

01:09him to get 20 yards at a juicy price and easily got that in the first half.

01:13He finishes with four for 63, which was the versatility of that offense and Kate Otten

01:17three for 70 always helps out.

01:19But the Buccaneers have really shifted that paradigm where you enter into the season like

01:22Kate Baker, you're going to be a squash and he still is a swashbuckler to 95, three touchdowns,

01:26two interceptions.

01:27That's the perfect Baker Mayfield experience yesterday with a victory.

01:30But they found a running game over the past couple of weeks.

01:33And also keep in mind last week, Bucky Irvin was a superstar in Carolina, absolutely running

01:38wild, but he's a slight character out there, which means he got banged up in that game

01:42last week, was banged up in practice.

01:43He finishes with four carries for three yards like, Oh no, our ultimate weapon is gone only

01:47for Rashad white to pick up 17 carries for 19, a touchdown.

01:50And how about Sean Tucker three for 47, an average of 15.7 yards per Karen and Baker

01:56Mayfield with 12 yards, 26 total carries a buck 52 and a touchdown on the ground, almost

02:01six yards per carry winning different ways is always impressive to me.

02:04We thought they would beat the Raiders.

02:05And by the way, the 14, nothing looked like that was going to turn into 28 to nothing

02:09at the break and away they go, but they didn't do anything in the second and third quarters,

02:13but credit them for playing good football and taking care and taking advantage of the

02:16mistakes by the Raiders to put up 14 points and put that game away.

02:20But I liked the way the Buccaneers are playing because you never know which type of game

02:23you're getting running game, passing game, interceptions, touchdown Baker Mayfield.

02:27All he does is seem like he wins even when the odds basically are against him with this

02:31injured football team.