![]() Martino, a former practice squad player with two career receptions, scored his first NFL touchdown after a delay penalty pushed the Bucs (4-5) back to the 43. 1 pick in last year's draft scramble 23 yards backward into his own end zone before avoiding a safety and launching a 39-yard completion to Mike Evans at the Chicago 38. Winston threw for TDs of 10 yards to Cameron Brate and 43 yards to Freddie Martino, the latter set up by a bizarre highlight-reel play that saw the No. (AP) - Jameis Winston threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 36-10 victory over the mistake-prone Chicago Bears on Sunday. 12 overall draft pick this year, was active for the first time after being sidelined by a calf injury.īears: LB Sam Acho left in the first half with a pectoral injury.īuccaneers: Have bye week. CB Carlton Davis III aggravated a groin injury. Howard left in the first half because of a knee injury. Trey Burton caught a 39-yard touchdown on the game's opening drive and finished with 86 yards.Īllen Robinson caught a 14-yarder late in the first quarter - his first TD since signing with Chicago in the offseason.īuccaneers: TE O.J. Taylor Gabriel had a personal-best 104 yards receiving to go with two TD catches. Winston was 16 for 20 with 145 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.Ĭhicago's Tarik Cohen had a career-high 121 yards receiving and a touchdown. Tampa Bay decided to stick with Fitzpatrick as the starting quarterback even though Winston was back from a three-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.īut after becoming the first player in NFL history to top 400 yards passing in three consecutive games, he was 9 of 18 for 126 yards and got sacked two times. He also appeared to tip the ball as Winston released a pass that Danny Trevathan picked off on the first drive of the second half.Ĭoming off a tight loss to Pittsburgh on Monday night, the Buccaneers (2-2) were simply overwhelmed in this one. ![]() That made him the first player with a sack and forced fumble in four straight games since Robert Mathis for Indianapolis in 2005. Khalil Mack had a strip-sack in the first half against Fitzpatrick. Trubisky had no trouble finding wide-open receivers against a struggling secondary, completing 19 of 26 passes for 354 yards. The only other player with more in a single half since 1991 was Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers with six in the first two quarters against the Bears in a romp at Lambeau Field in November 2014. But he threw for five in the first half alone as Chicago grabbed a 38-3 lead. Trubisky had never thrown for more than two touchdowns in a game. And the Bears (3-1) won their third straight, matching their longest run since a 3-0 start in 2013. The defense did its part, harassing Ryan Fitzpatrick before Jameis Winston took over to start the second half. ![]() The Bears also racked up 483 yards, nearly matching their record of 488 in that same game, on the way to their highest point total since 51-20 victory over Tennessee in 2012. He finished one TD pass shy of a franchise mark set by Sid Luckman against the New York Giants in 1943. The Bears (3-1) won their third straight with Trubisky delivering the sort of breakout performance general manager Ryan Pace envisioned when he traded up a spot to draft the prized quarterback with the No. CHICAGO - Mitchell Trubisky threw a career-high six touchdown passes and the NFC North-leading Chicago Bears pounded the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48-10 on Sunday.
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