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Florida NFL teams Week 11 Recap

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had an unbelievable game beating the Eagles 45-17. Jameis Winston threw five touchdowns, tying a rookie record for most passing touch downs in one game. Winston threw a 17-yard screen pass to Charles Sims on third-and-six to extend another drive, hit Evans for 25 yards and connected with Vincent Jackson over the middle for a 13-yard TD on the first play of the second quarter.

”We are watching a young quarterback grow before our eyes,” Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans said.

The Bucs running game was phenomenal as well as Doug Martin ran for 235 yards. After an offside penalty against Brandon Graham giving Tampa another chance on third down in the first quarter, Martin broke free for 58 yards. Later in the game, Martin burst up the middle for 84 yards to the one yard line. On third down from the four, Winston found Russell Shepard in the back of the end zone for a 21-7 lead.

Tampa set a franchise record with 283 yards rushing and its 521 total yards were second-most in franchise history in the regular season.Winston and the Buccaneers were outstanding on third downs, converting 9 of 12 while building a 35-14 lead. Winston’s last three TD passes came on third downs.
The Bucs are now .500, with a 5-5 record. This is their first back to back win in two years.

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Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

The Miami Dolphins suffered the only lost out of all Florida teams this week, falling to the Dallas Cowboys at home 24-14. The Dolphins couldn’t handle the return of Tony Romo, who threw for 227 yards and two passing touchdowns. Tannehill threw touchdown passes of 12 yards to Jordan Cameron and 29 yards to Kenny Stills. Darren McFadden provided offensive balance for the Cowboys by rushing for 129 yards. Robert Turbin, who joined the Cowboys on Wednesday, added 35 yards on seven carries against a team ranked next-to-last in run defense.

“We’ve got to stop the run,” Miami defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said. “We didn’t do a good enough job in that area. That’s pretty much as simple as it gets.”

The Fins’ third down woes continued as they were one for 10 on third down conversions. Running back Lamar Miller gained 44 yards on just seven carries as the Dolphins fell to 0-6 in games where Miller has had less than 12 carries, according to ESPN Stats & information. They also only had 21 minutes of total ball possession. The Dolphins are now 4-6 and will most likely miss the playoffs for the seventh straight year.

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