A behind-the-scenes look at the Buccaneers' Week 4 matchup with the Giants.

Bucs huddle

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WR Mike Evans

TE Cameron Brate

Tiki and Ronde Barber

C Ali Marpet and QB Jameis Winston

QB Jameis Winston

WR Chris Godwin, LB Kendell Beckwith, WR Mike Evans, TE Cameron Brate, and LB Cameron Lynch

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Bucs vs Giants

Bucs huddle

OT Demar Dotson

OT Donovan Smith

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DT Chris Baker

HC Dirk Koetter and LB Kwon Alexander

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Bucs huddle

WR Mike Evans

C Evan Smith

DT Chris Baker and QB Jameis Winston

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WR Bernard Reedy, QB Jameis Winston, DT Clinton McDonald, DT Gerald McCoy, and G/T Kevin Pamphile

QB Jameis Winston and HC Dirk Koetter

G J.R. Sweezy, C Ali Marpet, and OT Donovan Smith

WR Bernard Reedy, TE O.J. Howard, WR Mike Evans, RB Charles Sims, RB Peyton Barber, TE Alan Cross, TE Luke Stocker, and HC Dirk Koetter

QB Jameis Winston and HC Dirk Koetter

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TE Luke Stocker and S Keith Tandy

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TE Luke Stocker

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CB Brent Grimes

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C Ali Marpet

OT Demar Dotson

OT Demar Dotson

TE O.J. Howard

TE Cameron Brate

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WR Adam Humphries

WR DeSean Jackson

WR DeSean Jackson

WR Mike Evans

QB Jameis Winston

QB Jameis Winston

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LB Kwon Alexander, WR Mike Evans, and Play 60 kids

QB Jameis Winston and Play 60 kids

DT Gerald McCoy, LB Kwon Alexander, CB Josh Robinson, WR Mike Evans, and QB Jameis Winston

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Bucs vs Giants

HC Dirk Koetter, QB Jameis Winston, and WR Mike Evans

WR Mike Evans, QB Jameis Winston, HC Dirk Koetter, and DB Ryan Smith

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S Justin Evans, DB Ryan Smith, and LB Kwon Alexander

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RB Charles Sims, HC Dirk Koetter, and WR Adam Humphries

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TE O.J. Howard

TE O.J. Howard

Bucs vs Giants Military

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QB Jameis Winston and HC Dirk Koetter

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Youth football

Youth football

Youth football

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TE Cameron Brate

TE Cameron Brate

TE Cameron Brate and QB Jameis Winston

Bucs cheerleaders

TE Cameron Brate

K Nick Folk

QB Jameis Winston and Bucs celebration

P Bryan Anger and K Nick Folk

Bucs celebration

K Nick Folk, OT Demar Dotson, and TE Alan Cross

C Ali Marpet, K Nick Folk, and P Bryan Anger

QB Jameis Winston and QB Eli Manning

DT Chris Baker

CB Vernon Hargreaves and CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie

DT Damon Harrison and K Nick Folk

P Bryan Anger and RB Shane Vereen

WR Odell Beckham Jr. and WR Mike Evans

QB Jameis Winston and OT Bobby Hart

DT Gerald McCoy

RB Peyton Barber and Wayne Gallman Jr.

LB Devante Bond and WR Sterling Shepard

K Nick Folk

Victory speech

Victory speech

Victory speech
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' win over the New York Giants on Sunday marked their sixth consecutive victory at Raymond James Stadium, dating back to a 36-10 defeat of the Chicago Bears on Nov. 13, 2016. That is only two shy of the franchise's all-time record for its longest home winning streak.
Most Consecutive Home Wins, Buccaneers
**Streak** | **From** | **To** |
8 | 9/26/99 | 9/10/00 |
8 | 10/13/96 | 9/28/97 |
6* | 11/13/16 | 10/1/17 |
6 | 9/14/08 | 11/30/08 |
6 | 9/23/02 | 12/8/02 |
6 | 10/29/00 | 10/7/01 |
- Streak still active The Buccaneers are tied for the longest active home-game winning streak in the
NFL. The Green Bay Packers and Oakland Raiders have also won their respective last six games at home.
Tampa Bay neither committed nor forced a turnover in Sunday's win, the first time they've combined with an opponent to go turnover-free since Dec. 12, 2013. That was a 24-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints. There have now been 16 games in franchise history that have ended with zero turnovers, and the Buccaneers have only won four of them. Tampa Bay's most recent win in a turnover-free game was on Dec. 26, 2010, when they beat the Seattle Seahawks, 38-15.
Though the Buccaneers' defense has gone two straight games without a takeaway, its run defense has shown significant improvement over last year's results. In 2016, the Bucs finished 22nd in the league's run-defense rankings, allowing 117.2 yards per game. Tampa Bay was also 22nd in yards allowed per carry last year, giving up an average of 4.39. So far in 2017, Tampa Bay's defense ranks sixth in rushing yards allowed per game and second in yards allowed per carry.
Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game, Team, NFL
**Team** | **Games** | **Yards/Carry** |
Denver | 4 | 50.8 |
Washington | 3 | 62.3 |
Philadelphia | 4 | 70.8 |
Minnesota | 4 | 71.3 |
Miami | 3 | 77.7 |
Tampa Bay | 3 | 78.7 |
Chicago | 4 | 85.5 |
Detroit | 4 | 86.3 |
Carolina | 4 | 87.3 |
Cleveland | 4 | 87.3 |
Fewest Yards Allowed Per Carry, Team, NFL
**Team** | **Games** | **Yards/Carry** |
Denver | 4 | 2.42 |
Tampa Bay | 3 | 2.91 |
Cleveland | 4 | 3.03 |
Minnesota | 4 | 3.06 |
Miami | 3 | 3.07 |
Washington | 3 | 3.17 |
Arizona | 4 | 3.23 |
San Francisco | 4 | 3.29 |
Chicago | 4 | 3.49 |
Houston | 4 | 3.75 |
The Buccaneers' pass defense numbers are not as impressive, but the return of cornerback Brent Grimes on Sunday quite visibly improved the secondary. After missing one game with a shoulder injury, Grimes came back against the Giants and led all players with three passes breakups. Since joining the Buccaneers in 2016, Grimes leads all NFL players with 27 passes defensed.
Most Passes Defensed, NFL, 2016-17
**Player** | **Team(s)** | **PDs** |
1. Brent Grimes | TB | 27 |
2. Casey Hayward | LAC | 26 |
3. Robert Alford | ATL | 24 |
4t. A.J. Bouye | HOU/JAX | 22 |
4t. Janoris Jenkins | NYG | 22 |
4t. Josh Norman | WAS | 22 |
4t. Marcus Peters | KC | 22 |
8. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | NYG | 21 |
9t. David Amerson | OAK | 20 |
9t. Darius Slay | DET | 20 |
Odds and Ends:
- The Buccaneers were charged with just four penalties for 19 yards on Sunday. Tampa Bay has been flagged 15 times through three contests, the second-lowest mark in the NFL behind Carolina (13). That's the fewest number of penalties assessed against a Buccaneers team in its first three games of the season since 2010 (14).
- Despite that disciplined play, the Buccaneers were on the wrong end of the flag ratio on Sunday, as the Giants were only assessed one penalty for zero yards. (Offsetting or declined infractions do not count in a team's penalty total for a game.) That one flag was the illegal touching penalty drawn by Odell Beckham that erased a two-point conversion catch on the Giants' final possession. The last time a Buccaneer opponent was only flagged one time in an entire game was in 2012, when the San Diego Chargers absorbed a single penalty in a Buccaneers 34-24 win at Raymond James Stadium on Nov. 11. Beckham's infraction carried with it a loss of down but no actual yardage penalty. Thus, the Giants became the first team ever to go an entire game against the Buccaneers without incurring a single penalty yard.
- QB Jameis Winston completed all five passes he threw on the game's final drive, including the key 26-yarder to Cameron Brate on third-and-one to set up the winning field goal. That is the seventh game-winning drive Winston has directed in his 34 career starts, which is already the fifth-most by any quarterback in team history.
- Punter Bryan Anger recorded a gross average of 49.8 yards on his four punts on Sunday, and since he had neither a touchback or any return yards against him, that was also his net punting average. That tied the team's single-game record for net punting average, with a required minimum of at least four punts. Michael Koenen also had a 49.8-yard net average on four punts against New Orleans on Oct. 16, 2011.
- The Buccaneers won Sunday's game on Nick Folk's 34-yard field goal as time expired, turning a one-point deficit into a 25-23 victory. That was just the seventh game in NFL history to end in that particular score, but three of those have happened in the last 10 months. Denver beat New Orleans, 25-23, last November 13 and Seattle did the same to San Francisco on the final weekend of 2016.