The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are coming off a loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 12. The Bucs had a chance to build some much-needed momentum heading into a sneaky tough Week 13 matchup with the Arizona Cardinals, but they remain grasping for some sort of sense as they have lost three in a row.
Following the loss, the Bucs saw their spot in ESPN's Week 13 power rankings dip. They had been in 10th spot, and now they are flirting with falling out of the top half, sitting 15th.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn the rankings, ESPN's Mike DiRocco was asked what the Bucs' most notable Thanksgiving memory is. He highlighted a major loss, not that Bucs's fans needed to be reminded of it, from 2006.
He writes, "For nearly 14 minutes, it was a pretty good Thanksgiving for the Bucs. Then they got their giblets handed to them. Mike Alstott's 1-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter put the Bucs ahead 7-0, but the Cowboys got five touchdown passes from Tony Romo -- two to Terry Glenn and two to Marion Barber II -- and won 38-10. Romo, who still holds a Cowboys Thanksgiving Day record for TD passes, threw for 306 yards. That was 95 more yards than the entire Bucs offense had that day."
The team has come a long way from those days, but they are coming off a similarly wide margin of loss. Perhaps they will use some history in Week 13 to shake things up as they retire Simeon Rice's jersey.
This article originally appeared on Bucs Wire: Where did the Bucs land in ESPN's Week 13 power rankings?
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