Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Twitter was absolutely ruthless towards both the Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in this Sunday Night Football barn burner.

Watt is an impending free agent following the conclusion of the 2022 season, which will end for the Cardinals in just two more weeks. But at the end of the day, watching Cardinals vs Buccaneers has most of us looking like clowns. At the end of the game, cameras caught J.J. The game looked more like this: Hence, a glorious clip to explain how the offense worked: However, tossing the Buccaneers into this game only made things more hectic, and honestly?

It wasn't pretty, but the Tampa Buccaneers dug deep to beat the Arizona Cardinals 19-16 in Week 16.

0 5 7 4 6 2 1 He dropped a pass and managed just three yards after the catch. Watt](https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/jj-watt/6163) recorded two hits on [Tom Brady](https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/tom-brady/698) and came away with four pass-rush wins. He was targeted seven times — but only three were charted as catchable — and he came down with just two catches for 12 yards. He forced four missed tackles and racked up 65 receiving yards after contact in a gutsy performance. He also added a mammoth six defensive stops against the run to end the game with an 86.3 run-defense grade.

Brianna Dix and Scott Smith offer their suggestions as to who should get the Game Ball for the Bucs' critical comeback win over the Cardinals on Christmas ...

Fournette's catch-and-run was the play of the game, and in the end, he was the player of the game. On an evening in which nothing really worked on a consistent basis for the Buccaneers' offense, running back Leonard Fournette put in work. After you review the cases we make for two of those players, you will find a link at the bottom of the page to place your vote. Those two are then included in a list of four candidates…and then the final decision is up to you. The Buccaneers only scored one touchdown and only forced two turnovers, one of them on a Hail Mary to end the first half. The Bucs' defense only created one sack and nobody had a 100-yard rushing game or a 100-yard receiving game.

After defensive lineman William Gholston recovered an Arizona fumble, Brady threw for 26 more yards to set up Ryan Succop's game tying 42-yard field goal with 2 ...

Outside linebacker Anthony Nelson stepped up, and had a great game, with 4 total tackles, and forced the first turnover of the game on a strip sack on Arizona’s opening drive. Defensive tackle William Gholston also elevated his play, and contributed with three total tackles, and recovered a fumble that set up the Buccaneers game tying field goal. For the game, Tampa Bay allowed only 325 yards of total offense, and limited Arizona to 5 of 19 (26.3%) on third down attempts. Brady went 6 for 7, for 67 yards, and hit Rachaad White for a three-yard touchdown, on the drive that pulled the Bucs within three points. The Buccaneer defense, as it has the majority of this year, kept the team in the game by limiting Arizona to just 16 points, and forcing three turnovers. His 44-yard reception on the first play of the Buccaneers touchdown scoring drive, gave the Bucs the jolt of energy they were missing for the first 50 minutes of this game. Coach Bowles deserves credit for coming up with unique pressure packages that confused the Cardinals all night. Down 10 points with 10:47 left to play, the Bucs scored the last 13 points in regulation, and overtime, to win 19-16 on a memorable Christmas evening. For the evening, Brady went 32 for 48, for 281 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. Safeties Logan Ryan (8 total tackles), Mike Edwards (7 total tackles), and Antoine Winfield Jr. Tom Brady was playing as poor as he as ever played in any of his 23 NFL seasons for the first three quarters of Sunday night's game (the last five quarters if you count the second half against the Bengals.) He had no rhythm in the pocket, was rushing throws when he didn’t have to, and was late on throws that he normally makes in his sleep. This game, like the majority of games this season, looked to be another disappointing effort by an uber talented team, that simply cannot get out of its own way.

Tampa can clinch the division and a postseason spot when they host the Carolina Panthers on New Year's Day.

But the Dolphins’ fourth consecutive loss means the 8-7 side now need two wins or a win at New England and the New York Jets to lose to Seattle in Week 17 to make the postseason in the AFC. Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw three interceptions in the fourth quarter as the Packers won for the third straight week. Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady’s struggles continued, though, with the 45-year-old leaving State Farm Stadium with the unenviable statistic of having thrown at least two interceptions in three straight games – he mixed one touchdown with two picks on Sunday – for only the second time in his 23 years in the league.