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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose a couple offensive starters for the season

Blogged under Bloglockers,Breaking Buccs News,Front Page,General Buccaneers Talk,Injury Reports by dawgpounded on Tuesday 2 October 2007 at 2:56 pm

The Bucs win at Carolina didn’t come without a cost as starting left offensive tackle Luke Petitgout and running back Cadillac Williams both suffered season ending injuries.  Petitgout tore his ACL and he will be replaced by Anthony Davis, who should be Petitgout’s equal as he hasn’t played that great this season.  But, losing Williams could hurt as he was a workhorse for the Bucs offense.  Williams tore a patellar tendon in his knee and it could be a career threatening injury.  He carried the ball 54 times for 208 yards (3.9 ypc) with 3 TD runs and he also caught 3 passes for 17 yards (5.7 avg).  Michael Pittman and Ernest Graham will take over the running chores for the Bucs the rest of the season.  Pittman has carried the ball 30 times for 170 yards (5.7 ypc) and he also has caught 9 passes for 78 yards (8.7 avg) so far this season.  Graham has also gotten off to a good start to the season with 30 carries for 136 yards (4.5 ypc) with 3 TD runs and he also has caught 2 passes for 17 yards (8.5 avg).  The Bucs will also activate rookie Kenneth Darby off of the practice squad to add depth to the running back corps.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20, Carolina Panthers 7

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General Buccaneers Talk by dawgpounded on Monday 1 October 2007 at 12:48 am

The Buccaneers dominated this game much worse than what the scoreboard shows.  Jeff Garcia did a good job of running the offense as he completed 15 of 25 passes for 176 yards and he also carried the ball 4 times for 10 yards (2.5 ypc) with 1 TD run.  Cadillac Williams ran the ball well (6 car, 41 yards) before he suffered a season ending knee injury.  Michael Pittman picked up the running game for the Bucs as he carried the ball 15 times for 90 yards (6.0 ypc).  Ernest Graham also got a lot of work in as he carried the ball 17 times for 48 yards (2.8 ypc) with 1 TD run.  Ike Hilliard (7 rec, 114 yards) was the main man in the passing game for the Bucs.  The Bucs finished with 189 yards rushing on 42 carries (4.5 ypc) and they also completed 15 of 25 passes for 176 yards as they controlled the clock for 34:40 of the football game!

The Bucs played great team defense against the Panthers yesterday.  The Panthers didn’t even score until there was only 23 seconds left in the game.  The Panthers rushed for 99 yards on 23 carries (4.3 ypc) and they also completed 19 of 41 passes for 137 yards.