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00:00To get to 30 in this game they've had a couple of lengthy drives they've had to settle for a field goal on the last one actually two field goals after they caught a break on a penalty well they had talked about it Baker Mayfield told us in our meetings man we're going to try to run this ball at least 30 times they're on pace right now with seven minutes left in the second quarter with what 17 runs yeah I mean that's exactly what I would expect from Carolina but Carolina not following the same game plan currently
00:30saw the rush yard total so far only a yard pick up on that last carry by Bucky Irving Baker to throw to Bucky Irving who catches it in traffic and spins up to the 27 28 yard line mentioned the offensive coordinator we'll check that flag in a moment Josh Rezard here's our referee I think you're going to get a personal foul
00:56illegal blindside block offense number 62 half the distance penalty second down the call is on Graham Barton the second year center has been outstanding that's the first buck penalty in this game yeah he's coming back toward the line of scrimmage once he releases he's coming out here and you're going to see him come out here and get that right there on Roseboom and that's one of those things you got to open up your back put your arms out
01:26but if you're boxing them out in basketball you can no longer come and make forcible contact going toward the line of scrimmage
01:33Rezard from Lizard Lick North Carolina which is near Raleigh says it's not really a town it's just a place with an intersection and a Bojangles as family here watching
01:43and calling plays for the first time as the first year offensive coordinator Cade Otten calls that in and
01:50they're glad to have on back he's one of those guys underneath such a good receiver not only man to man but really has a great feel in the zone and puts them in this third down and long situation
02:11big opportunity for the Panther defense here that penalty backed him up it's third down and 13 need to get all the way up to the 31 yard line for a first down and horn will be on Mike Evans bottom of your screen Baker Mayfield in trouble and he sacked inside the 10 Christian Roseboom up the blitz
02:41this is where linebacker middle linebacker watch how tight a hoop Christian Roseboom runs on this gotta run that tight hoop they're gonna pick both defensive linemen and watch how tight right there off the hip
02:55can't even come back Mike Jordan can't get it back there and Roseboom has that pass rusher from that second level defender really nice blitz design by Carolina to get off the field on third down
03:10Cade Otten was open in the middle of the field but just Baker just didn't have time to get it to him or couldn't find it
03:23Riley Dixon on the punt
03:25ETN Trevor ETN the rookie on the return to the 35 and now you know why the Panthers did punt away their defense with the help of a penalty
03:34bottled up the Bucs so they have great field position
03:37after a huge NFL Sunday three guys on Monday morning you'll want to listen to
03:43Dave is going to say you want to hear what he has to say on wake up barstool and then there's Colin Cowherd
03:50Nick's got some thoughts on first things first three voices to set your football conversation over on FS1
03:58I'll say for Carolina for Carolina I think I mean you've got to come away even if it's a field goal you've got to come away with points remember that the Tampa Bay is going to get the ball in the second half right so they're going to get the ball so this is imperative that maybe you start with a little run here get this thing going get yourself at least a field goal on this drive
04:24the pitch to Rico Dowdle being strung out and he fights maybe to get back to the line of scrimmage Benjamin Morrison rookie corner from Notre Dame playing because of the Zion McCollum injuries and shuffling in the secondary brought him down
04:39well I mean 87 right here that's Tremaine you got it you are you going to be involved the football game today are you going to I mean I'll read a patty cake right there I mean you got to come out there and you got to set that edge so that running back doesn't have to get strung out there's a face mask that was not called those should be reviewable I thought actually that I think that might have been on the collar not actually on the face mask even though it looked like it was that's why the fans were doing in the background it was shown on the on the big screen
05:07on the big screen as Bryce Young will fire over the middle and open that's McMillan it's at the 25 on a first down just going to run this kind of like hammer concept where you're going to hear and then you're going to get over the top of that so little snag underneath that's Jalen Coker and then there it is that drift over the top to number four Teterola McMillan and really nice throw by Bryce
05:37just keep this thing going right now get back to the run game be physical up front
05:44McMillan came in second and receiving yards for rookies behind a Mecca a book of the box stumbling there is Dowdle those two outstanding rookie seasons for their teams and Dowdle I know you wanted him to carry the ball a lot more yeah but then have the ball a whole lot know that they have it but listen man get back to what you do I know you've tried to attack the parade
06:07the perimeter because of Vita Bay on the inside what you do best is your mid zone stuff what you do best is run between the tackles get back to establishing that say this is our identity this is what we do and we're going to go attack you in that fashion
06:22down with five carries so far in the game Young has thrown eleven passes
06:29set to throw again for McMillan in the end zone and incomplete
06:37in the end zone Jacob Parrish was excellent on the coverage I'll perish in the slot right here one on one with McMillan look at his eyes back the whole time that is just hand fighting love it I mean I think that's I think that's great coverage
07:02right there and I know they're not happy but look at Yaya Diaby just crushing the quarterback coming off the edge Diaby leads the Bucs and Saks didn't get one there but made the quarterback feel it good coverage no flag and a third and ten for Young here comes the blitz he fires and against McMillan the coverage was good over there with Benjamin Morrison back to back plays by the Bucs rookies in the secondary
07:29in Jacob Parrish and Benjamin Morris and against the Panthers rookie
07:33and against the Panthers rookie Tedaroa McMillan yeah Benjamin Morris right here watch the hands good stab eyes back to the quarterback I mean listen if they're going to play you that way that physical great job by that young corner rookie corner Morrison you got to have the same energy as a wide receiver you're going to get fight like that you got to fight back
07:53Ryan Fitzgerald from 41 yards away and he slips it through the right upright the rookie he's had three walk off game winners this season gets his team a little bit closer as we near the two minute warning it's ten six bucks he's just been really distant lately maybe he's scared of commitment or getting hurt what do you think
08:21what do you think yeah totally okay Bridgewater you're in Teddy Bridgewater backup listener if only there were backups in real life go so we've been but at least there's progressive to protect your home and auto different person you think he's scared of commitment exactly not a mechanic it's not your job to fix him about the kind of game you expect in the NFC
08:46the NFC South low scoring the only touchdown Baker Mayfield toss to Mike Evans and Tampa Bay will get the ball to start the second half each team has three timeouts we still have the two minute warning so if you're Tampa Bay how do you want to play this yeah if you're Tampa Bay now this is about putting a drive together eating up the clock and ending this drive in a kick be it a PAT field goal or you know either one field goal or an extra point so that's where you want to end up because you're getting the ball in the second half they always
09:16it's called the middle eight minutes right the four minutes at the end of the first half and the four minutes at the beginning of the third quarter you want to win those Tampa Bay is great and a great spot to do that but Carolina you get a three and out you still have your three timeouts and that two minute warning as well you could flip it on them and have that opportunity to score Bucs offense has played it rather conservatively a short kick to Sean Tucker from the Tampa Bay
09:46the three yard line and that's where the Bucs will take over as we have reached the two minute mark before the first half Tampa Bay they've had the lead from the start they still have the ball hanging on 10 6 hey you know the holidays got a groove hit it fellas coming up on the Verizon halftime we'll swing
10:16the highlights smooth and steady and we will set the move for the playoff picture so stay with us we'll see you at the half it's an old American bandstand from Century City and this Kurt better be going back to his DJ days they got a great setup down there they had fake snow the other night in the festive season here as we get across the 36 yard line Rashad White carries so they're going to work that clock a little bit
10:46from Carolina Carolina Carolina Carolina came out here that was the 18th run of the day but they came out in dimes so they had six defensive backs playing on the football field you saw Tampa Bay say well if you're going to play us with all these DBs the run game is open for us even in this two minute eight pass attempts here comes number nine for Mayfield he throws low the coverage was good on Emeka Abuka who has yet to catch a ball that was his first time
11:16target in this game and that that was an early snap right there I mean I don't know what happened but Baker was not ready for that snap that whole thing looked off from the start some Baker didn't even expect it to come I they're a little bit late everywhere so that snap count just yeah he's something wrong with that throw that in the dirt so now this is a big down you don't get the first Carolina we'll get the ball back with three timeouts
11:46it's a big down you don't get the ball back with three timeouts threatening blitz we'll see it comes a flag and I think it threw the Bucks off a little on that line
11:53well start office number sixty seven five yard penalty throw down
12:07well that's back-to-back issues with the snap right here get a key is running some silent right here but it's just off and that is one of those operational things that you do
12:23you just flag can't have now you're in third down and long after the penalty back-to-back issues with the snap that's Jalen McMillan in motion to the bottom of your screen
12:30that's Jalen McMillan in motion to the bottom of your screen Evans to the top of your screen on third down at a dozen fake and gets rid of it right away here comes a flag and I wonder if Baker saw an illegal man downfield and figure this is over anyway.
12:53Well let's see it was her an eligible man downfield offense number sixty seven that penalties the time fourth down having a forgettable day that Colin again on on Luke get a key they declined the penalty because the punting you that comes out and that was as poorly played as that late series against the Falcons on Thursday night when the offense had a sizable lead and needed to keep the football.
13:23That's a big time performance on the defensive side by Carolina to get off the field force them into some mistakes now your offense got an opportunity to go down here and take the lead.
13:33Riley Dixon will kick it away Trevor ETN from the 25 of the Panthers slips one and gets up to the 36 yard line before being brought down.
13:47Greg Biffle a NASCAR legend who had career success at all three levels of the sport did great humanitarian work died this past Thursday in a plane crash with his family.
13:57Our thoughts prayers with him the NASCAR family and all friends.
14:06Really nice day here in Charlotte North Carolina as we welcome back into the booth at a 10 six advantage.
14:12Mark Slurth Chris Myers again early happy holidays Merry Christmas to you with the Panthers tired of getting pushed around in the division in this game.
14:19A great opportunity here Mark to do something with the football get a little momentum in before the halftime break and again the Bucks get the ball to start the third quarter.
14:28Yeah, they've got a little over a minute here in the in the end of the second quarter here all three of their timeout.
14:34So put a drive together see if you can come away with points.
14:37That's what the Carolina Panthers have to do right now, but really close game and they've got a chance to go up and score a touchdown and get the lead right before halftime.
14:45I know the Bucks mission was to run the ball 30 times.
14:48We've talked about but in some ways they've been a little conservative when they've tried to throw.
14:53It seems the Panther defense has really made it difficult on Baker Mayfield.
14:58That punt was 45 yards with a return of 13.
15:04Young, who has not been pressured much, completes to McMillan.
15:07Some poor tackling out there today by the Buccaneers.
15:11Doesn't get too far but picks up a couple extra to the 45.
15:24Dowdle will get a first down.
15:26You've got a bang of timeout right here.
15:29Yeah, that's what they do all the way down to 41 seconds.
15:34So they wanted to do that to make sure that they wouldn't have to give it back to Tampa Bay.
15:41The value of this game, remember, it's just win the division or else you're out of the playoff picture and you'll get that home field.
15:48You know, percentages are there until they're changed.
15:51It's only the day, as we saw with the Bears, come back against the Packers in overtime last night on Fox.
15:56But look, with a win here, the Bucs 96% with a loss.
16:00They go down to 59% to win the division.
16:02The Panthers, even with a win, it just gets them to 41% because they have to play Tampa Bay again.
16:07And with a loss, I mean, you're down to under 5%.
16:10Carolina has Seattle Seahawks next week and they're playing great football.
16:17That big comeback win on Thursday night against L.A.
16:21And the Bucs will be playing at Miami.
16:28Young, sideline throw, right off target.
16:30He's out of bounds.
16:32That's Lee Gantt.
16:33Take a closer look, the official right there.
16:40Here he is up top.
16:41And, you know, so far he's got to drop and then got to have some awareness on the sideline.
16:46Where are your feet?
16:47Where are your feet?
16:48Not aware.
16:50You got to drag those things.
16:52I mean, that's a big step right there.
16:54Out of bounds.
16:56Secures the catch that time but doesn't have that spatial awareness that you have to have as a wide receiver.
17:01They just aren't deep and wide receiver after McMillan.
17:05There's Jalen Coker who hasn't been involved in this game.
17:11And Jimmy Horn who carried the football.
17:14Pass is caught.
17:15There's what he can get.
17:16He can outrun people.
17:17And he'll get a first down to the 40.
17:20Second-year player was drafted in the first round from South Carolina.
17:25That's a great job turning back up and getting yourself out, understanding where you are,
17:30understanding the clock and not wanting to use a timeout.
17:33Put your foot in the ground and outrace him to the edge.
17:36Their little stiff arm really nicely done by Liget.
17:42Plenty of time underneath to Dowdle.
17:45And he'll be tackled at the 38 right away.
17:47Got a bang of timeout here again.
17:48Cervasi Adenas for down to 26 seconds.
17:50And they will have one timeout remaining.
17:57So, this is the entire NFC playoff picture.
18:00We mentioned that nine teams still alive for seven spots.
18:04The Lions, many thought, would be in great position.
18:07But you mentioned the Seattle win on Thursday night.
18:10Great game against the Rams.
18:11And then the Bears' overtime comeback win against the Packers have put them in great position.
18:16And the Eagles have clinched the division.
18:20And, again, the winner of this game will be alone atop the NFC South.
18:25But they'll meet again to close the regular season down at Tampa Bay.
18:30And he's already celebrating the holidays.
18:33Bryce Young, again, all kinds of time for Coker's first catch.
18:52And he'll fall at the 30-yard line.
18:54So, now they're in field goal range.
18:55They're going to use the timeout with 18 seconds showing.
19:01All right, they're just motioning Coker outside the formation.
19:09They're going to run off inside and just use this under route right here.
19:13But, again, not giving your guy a chance to get out of bounds, running that back into the field of play.
19:20So, now you're sitting here with 18 seconds left.
19:25And you're in field goal range right now, a 48-yarder.
19:28By the way, this is the fourth time that the Panthers have worn this all-black uniform look.
19:33In 22, they won with them.
19:34In 23, they won.
19:35And last year, they had Warren, and they had a close loss to Kansas City.
19:40Breaking them out today.
19:43Jalen Coker with that catch.
19:46Getting them in field goal range.
19:47But they want more.
19:56Bryce Young dumps it off to Rico Dowdle.
20:00He'll step out of bounds and get a little bit closer here.
20:0312 seconds to go.
20:04And inching.
20:08I wonder if they're going to take a shot at the end zone.
20:10Yeah.
20:10I think there's, I mean, obviously, there's two trains of thought right now.
20:13Because you don't have time to throw it in the middle of the football field.
20:16You need about 16, 17 seconds to have a mayday opportunity to rush on and kick a field goal.
20:21So, yeah, or to spike it.
20:23So, you've got to be able to either throw it to the sidelines or you've got to take a shot down into the end zone.
20:28One sack in the game.
20:29You kind of wonder, are the Bucs, are they going to bring some heat on Bryce Young?
20:34Worried about him.
20:35They're scrambling out of it.
20:37Bottom of your screen is McMillan with Jamel Dean covering him.
20:42It looked like he has help.
20:44Going that way.
20:45McMillan in the end zone.
20:47He's got it.
20:47And that's going to be a Panthers touchdown.
20:49Now, Bryce Young had him all the way.
20:55How about that?
21:05Well, they brought the all-out blitz.
21:07And there was a couple of things on the route by McMillan.
21:10And I love how he squeezed Dean back inside to give the quarterback room on the outside to hit the fade by McMillan.
21:20A savvy route by the young wide receiver for the touchdown.
21:25Man, you can't execute it any better than that.
21:27The extra point.
21:28Forget the field goal.
21:31Looked like they were setting up for that.
21:33Ryan Fitzgerald, the extra point.
21:36And from 23 yards away, the touchdown.
21:38Watch McMillan run in here and then, right, then get to the outside.
21:43So watch him create as he runs in a little bit, then create space to the corner.
21:49Beautifully thrown ball, one-on-one, perfect by Bryce.
21:55It's a nice view of the ball from the city background.
21:59I don't know if that's uptown or downtown, but that's a touchdown.
22:01Great execute.
22:08Just great execution by the Carolina Panthers right there.
22:11You said, Mark, they work the clock.
22:13They protect it.
22:14They use their timeouts wisely.
22:16And McMillan, who says, please, I want to go by TMAC.
22:20His seventh touchdown catch in his rookie season.
22:23He and Emeka Abouka, as I said, have a pretty good thing going between catches and yardage
22:28for rookie receivers and touchdowns.
22:30And he's got the upper hand in this one.
22:31And now his team does.
22:32Usually, Bryce Young saves his comeback theatrics for late in the game to try to pull off a winning drive,
22:40as Baker does.
22:41You've got two quarterbacks that are very capable of that.
22:44But we've got a whole half to go.
22:46Just seven seconds remain.
22:51Bounced inside the five.
22:52Sean Tucker will be brought down with two seconds showing on the clock.
22:58That drive was 63 yards in less than a minute.
23:03And these are the numbers.
23:04Who would have thought that Bryce Young would have 10 more attempts than Baker Mayfield?
23:10Each has thrown a touchdown, and neither one has turned it over.
23:13Well, that was a big-time, big-time drive, like we talked about.
23:17The management of that drive, getting it out to the edges, saving some timeouts, guys getting out of bounds,
23:23both LeGette getting out of bounds, he had Dowdle getting out of bounds,
23:27and then taking that shot, like we talked about, with 12 seconds left to the end zone,
23:32perfectly executed.
23:35I mean, you just can't finish it any better than that in this second quarter.
23:38The pressure will be on the Bucs and Baker Mayfield.
23:42As McMillan hauls in the touchdown in the biggest game, most important game,
23:46of Bryce Young's three-year career.
23:49We're at halftime of the Verizon halftime.
23:51Coming up with Kurt and the guys.
23:53Straight ahead.
23:57Throwing for the end zone, Mike Evans.
24:13Touchdown!
24:14That's a Buccaneer touchdown!
24:17McMillan in the end zone.
24:18He's got it!
24:19And that's going to be a Panthers touchdown!
24:21That is today's Game Flow, presented by Progressive.
24:28A tight one, and a tight one at the top of the NFC South, as these are the first-half numbers.
24:33Carolina closing right before the half to take the lead on that touchdown to McMillan.
24:39And let's listen in, as Jen spoke with head coach Dave Canales a moment ago.
24:45Coach, let's talk a little bit about the ground game.
24:47Are you happy with the division of labor that you used first half between Rico and Chuba,
24:51or are you looking for a hot hand this half?
24:53You know, I'm just looking for somebody to make a play for us, and we started off with
24:56some nice runs early on.
24:58The Bucs settled in, kind of stopped us a little bit there, but the pass game started
25:01to come alive, especially on the last drive.
25:03We've got to continue that.
25:04On the defensive side, a couple of big plays, but we've settled in nice and limited them
25:08to 10 points.
25:09So we've just got to stay on top of it, take care of their spring game.
25:12Thanks, Coach.
25:12Best of luck this half.
25:13All right, thank you, Jen, and Coach Canales, and Bryce Young, with an impressive drive
25:22right before the half, giving them the lead as they are ready to kick off.
25:27Remember, the winner of this game, we keep repeating for those that are flipping through
25:30channels or watching a number of other games, they move alone atop of the NFC South.
25:35They're going to play each other in two weeks to close out the regular season.
25:39Bucs just need to win two out of their last three, and they'll get the home playoff game
25:43in the division.
25:44Panthers a little more involved, but need a win here, as Cameron Johnson will take
25:48it on the bounce and get up across the 30-yard line.
25:54Well, I know the Bucs wanted to run the ball 30 times, Mark Schlereth, but at some point,
26:00with all of those receivers healthy, and Baker Mayfield, if he has time, don't you expect
26:04them to throw the ball a little more in this half?
26:06Especially, I know it's only three, but they're trailing.
26:08Yeah, no question about it.
26:09What they really need to do is fix the self-inflicted wounds.
26:14I mean, you saw a couple of procedure penalties early.
26:17They had the illegal man downfield, and then they go zero blitz at the very end of the half
26:22and give up the big, long touchdown to Ted Aroa McMillan.
26:25So it's self-inflicted wounds that are costing you right now if you're Tampa, and you've got
26:30to cure those things first off.
26:34Baker comes out throwing, but it's well covered.
26:37Tess Johnson, the rookie, brought down by Mike Jackson.
26:41John?
26:42Chris, 19 runs for the Bucs' first half versus 10 passes.
26:45You questioned if that was too conservative, and I asked Todd Bowles that at halftime.
26:50He doesn't think so.
26:51He says, look, we're winning the time of possession, and eventually the score's going to reflect
26:55that he plans on leaning heavily into the run game this half as well.
26:59The exception, if he can get some one-on-one matchups, especially for guys like Mike Evans,
27:03he'll take more shots.
27:05All right, thank you.
27:06And they did have that one shot, which produced a touchdown to Evans.
27:09By the way, Rico Dowdle did hit the 1,000-yard rush mark on the Carolina sideline as Irving
27:14carries up to the 37-yard line.
27:21Well, don't you feel like the momentum has switched in this game?
27:23Absolutely.
27:23You had the two-minute drive.
27:26You got the big touchdown over the top.
27:27Tedderola-McMillen, you come out here right now, put them in a third-down-long situation.
27:32There's some energy going on with the Carolina Panthers right now.
27:36Yeah, the Panther defense has improved dramatically, not only from last year,
27:40but through the course of this season, and they have played well today.
27:48One-on-one down here on the bottom.
27:50One-on-one down here on the bottom.
27:53Blitz is on.
27:56Everybody's coming.
27:57Mayfield will get out of it.
28:00He's got plenty of room to get the first down, and he's going to cross Mayfield.
28:03They'd go down the sideline, turning to the 40.
28:06Boy, you know, America runs on football, and this guy, he eats it up.
28:09I'm telling you, man, he has got so much energy.
28:13You're talking to Mike Evans about Baker Mayfield.
28:16He said, man, this dude just plays.
28:19He is in it for all of his teammates, plays hard, plays tough.
28:25He's just a competitor, and you can see it every time this guy takes the football field, man.
28:30His competitive nature just takes over.
28:33A 23-yard run.
28:34He had a 33-yard run earlier this year, his 45th rush of the season.
28:40Go back to Bucky Irving, and he's brought down at the 35.
28:43That still counts as a run, by the way, right, even though that wasn't planned, and you're trying to get to 30.
28:47Yeah, absolutely, any time you can run the football, and those are the kind of things that bring your football team a lot of energy,
28:54and it's one of those things you can't defend against.
28:57Everything's covered.
28:59You knocked it out.
29:00You had four wide receivers on the football field, and your quarterback comes out there and makes a play for you.
29:05That gives you that energy as an offense.
29:08Good.
29:12Good.
29:13Levels, levels, levels.
29:17After a six-yard pickup, Bucky Irving has a hole, and Irving will be stopped short of the first down,
29:28had he been able to fall forward.
29:29Nick Scorton, who's had an outstanding first half for this Carolina defense,
29:35but all over the place, a third and short.
29:37Bucky Irving will have the first down inside the 30.
29:58I love that.
29:59I love just lining up, saying, hey, man, we're going to do what we do.
30:02We're going to run the ball between the tackles.
30:04Bucky Irving is not that big a guy, but he packs a punch.
30:08He's good between the tackles.
30:09The other thing I love, he gets so deep before he makes the cuts, right?
30:13He gets deep into the line of scrimmage.
30:16He makes those cuts, so it helps you get that second-level block without even touching those guys,
30:21because they have to commit at some point.
30:23Irving is carrying 14 times, averaging four a pop, just under that.
30:29On a fresh set of downs, Mayfield will dump it off.
30:33That's the shot plate, and he won't get much going out of bounds.
30:38I think that's a great play, though.
30:39Baker Mayfield talked about the fact that last week didn't find his checkdowns.
30:43Last week hung in the pocket, took five sacks last week.
30:48So, this is one of those situations where, hey, man, check everybody out.
30:53Get through your progression.
30:53One, two, three.
30:54It's not there.
30:56Get positive yards.
30:58Get it to your checkdown, and let's live to fight another day.
31:01Get a couple of yards in there.
31:03Put yourself in second down and manageable.
31:05No, they were trying to run more screens.
31:07They were very effective in running those with Irving and White.
31:10Picked up just two.
31:14It's Bucky Irving and slipping a few tackles down to around the 23-yard line.
31:21So, that's 25 runs now combined for Tampa Bay, trailing by three, but infield goal range.
31:29Well, let me tell you what that does to a defense.
31:31That is like body blows in boxing.
31:34You just keep pummeling, guys, and they may be three-yard gains, four-yard gains, five-yard gains,
31:40but eventually those three, four, five-yard gains become eight, ten, and 20-yard breakouts.
31:54Third and four, threatening.
31:56Here comes the blitz.
31:58Picked up.
31:59Pass is on target.
32:00Chris Godwin.
32:01Mr. Third down conversion takes that out of bounds and picks up the first.
32:06A really nice blitz pickup.
32:08That's first and foremost.
32:09The running back gets the blitz pickup, but watch.
32:12Outside leverage.
32:14Gain the leverage advantage right there.
32:16If you're Chris Godwin, get outside, and here's the blitz pickup by White.
32:20Getting in there, keeping that pressure off of Baker Mayfield.
32:23So, great execution.
32:25Starts with blitz pickup, and then winning that leverage battle at the wide receiver position to get the first.
32:30They did not handle the blitz well against the Falcons.
32:33In fact, five sacks.
32:34Baker Mayfield, that was a season high in that loss a week ago Thursday.
32:38And it's going to be handed off to McMillan from the receiver spot, but he doesn't get far.
32:43Good tackle there by Plotten-Sherlis.
32:46Man, it just felt like this took forever.
32:53As he's coming around here, he was so far behind the blockers, they couldn't sustain.
32:58It just felt like it took forever.
33:00You see Gedeke right there losing the handle on Sherlis.
33:05And good play by him right there.
33:07But that whole timing of that reverse just didn't look right.
33:11Yeah, as Faitland McMillan's expression would tell you such.
33:16Directing traffic here.
33:18Irving back next to Mayfield.
33:23Second down nine on a delay to Bucky Irving.
33:27And Santa 15, it'll bring up third down.
33:29Involved in that play, LeBron Ray, third-year player from Alabama that bounced around with the New England Patriots.
33:39He's in there.
33:40They need a little relief.
33:41Cam Jackson got hurt in the first half.
33:43Warden was inactive to start the game.
33:47As Ray comes off the field for the moment.
33:50Third down guy, the conversion guy so far has been Chris Godwin running the underneath routes,
33:56getting himself open from the slot.
33:58So, you know, Mike Jackson, lower portion of your screen with Godwin next to him.
34:05White's the back.
34:07Mayfield's a throw.
34:09And dumps it up wide open, middle of the field.
34:11Rashad White.
34:12It'll be a first and goal, Tampa Bay.
34:17Well, you're going to watch underneath.
34:20Everybody jumps the tight end.
34:22That's Roseboom jumping the tight end.
34:24White comes on the crisscross and got to be able to pass.
34:28They don't pass that off.
34:29Everybody gets tied up with Auten inside, and nobody picks up White.
34:34They don't pass it off underneath.
34:35And big-time play on third down.
34:39Mike Evans, top of your screen, first and goal.
34:48Looking that way, Evans couldn't hold it.
34:52Mike Jackson, good coverage.
34:54That went for a touchdown in the first half.
34:56That's exactly what they did in the first half for the touchdown.
35:01Baker sees it again and says, that's my go-to guy.
35:05Puts it up there, and Evans just a little late with his hand.
35:09I don't know if the sun is in that corner of the end zone.
35:12I mean, I don't know if that distracted him, but it looked like he was late getting his hands up.
35:17But that was open.
35:18That was a great throw.
35:20Yeah, the sun, it was cloudy when we started, but you could see half the field and in that corner in particular, Mark.
35:25It's a good observation.
35:27Because it certainly, whether it's an excuse or not, it's a reality.
35:30It's out there.
35:30Now he's at the bottom of your screen as Evans, fake, and he's looking for the end zone high for Evans.
35:37And here comes the flag, and it looked like he had J.C. Horn on him that time.
35:46Pass interference, defense number eight.
35:49The foul occurred in the end zone by Rue DeBaule.
35:51He had the one-yard line, automatic first down.
35:54Well, if it wasn't pass interference, it was a hold,
35:56because he had both hands outside the body, the framework of Mike Evans,
36:02and all over him right there trying to play physical.
36:05Evans told him, you know, he loves to be physical,
36:07and defensive backs will tell you he gets away with a lot by creating.
36:10But it's funny, he told us even though he's gotten older, he's gotten faster.
36:13He's lost some weight.
36:14He's leaner, but he just can't do it as often because of the age and wear and tear.
36:18And the rule on that is it's P.I. because the ball was in the air on the hold.
36:23So, of course, it's just holding.
36:25And a fresh set of downs.
36:28And Sean Tucker will glide into the end zone untouched for a Buccaneer score.
36:33And the crowd's still angry about the pass interference.
36:38Tampa Bay takes the lead.
36:43You're going to see, I mean, this big-time player right here.
36:47Watch him capture the edge of this defense, seal it out.
36:51J.C. Horn, you've got to come up there and replace.
36:55J.C. Horn's got to be that forced player on the edge.
37:00He goes with the tight end, and that was just a too-easy walk-in.
37:04Chase McLaughlin, the extra point, back up to a four-point advantage.
37:15Tampa Bay, a 66-yard drive, and you lean on the bigger guy.
37:20Tucker and Wirtz.
37:23Bucs lead it.
37:2717-13 now after the touchdown run, that scoring drive.
37:32In fact, the Bucs touchdown drives on the first possession of each half to start the game.
37:37And grabbing one there, marching all the way in from 66 yards away.
37:45Tampa Bay trying to win an unprecedented fifth straight NFC South title.
37:50Cowboys had a string of just division wins.
37:53Went a little longer, but Panthers trying to put an end to that.
37:57Touchback and out to the 35.
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38:34Mark Schlereth, Chris Myers, Jen Hales down on the field.
38:39And the Panthers from their 35.
38:43A little language there.
38:46Thought there was some movement.
38:47There was.
38:49Yeah.
38:50Sounded like a...
38:51Sounded like what the...
38:52Yeah, sounded like Todd Bowles was yelling at his team at halftime.
38:56Offense number 63.
38:57Five-yard penalty.
38:59First time.
39:00It's on Austin Corbett.
39:03He really is a soft-spoken guy, but he was a heck of a player at his time.
39:07Boy, he could hit people.
39:09He's a teammate of mine with Washington.
39:11Washington got into coaching.
39:14That's one of the things they always said about Todd Bowles coming out of Temple.
39:17He'll be a coach someday.
39:18Really smart.
39:19Really understands, you know, offense, defense.
39:22Really just a big-time kind of studier and understood the entirety of both sides of the ball,
39:29even as a player.
39:30Bryce Young has it.
39:33And he's got room to run.
39:35He'll take off.
39:37And dodge a tackle, sort of.
39:39But got a lot out of that.
39:41They wanted a flag at the side.
39:42Hassan Redick got to him near the sideline.
39:46But I don't think he was ever quite out of bounds.
39:49Not only was he not out of bounds, but once he crossed the line of scrimmage,
39:52he's not a quarterback.
39:53He's a runner at that point.
39:55So, I mean, pick him up by the hamstrings, put him down.
40:00Ain't nothing wrong with that.
40:02I know the fans don't like it, but this is the way it works.
40:05Well, he got around him once.
40:06Look at that.
40:07Not a tear-away sleeve there.
40:09No, got him by the sleeve.
40:10Fast-moving game.
40:15Under six minutes here in the third quarter.
40:18Chuba Hubbard.
40:20Strong out to the sideline.
40:21But get some yardage at a first down.
40:32Just capturing the outside.
40:34Tight ends.
40:35Nice combination.
40:36Getting up to Dennis.
40:38Get to the end.
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