Week 8

A heartbreaking loss in Tampa against the Jaguars, put the Bucs back at .500 heading into week nine. Jeff Garcia threw his first interception of the year followed by his second and third, Aaron Glenn returned his second for a touchdown. Mike Bennett had 23 yards and got his first tochdown as a Buc but only got two carries the entire game. Joey Galloway had a solid game catching six balls for 115 yards and a touchdown, Maurice Stovall saw some playing time and did pretty well catching five passes for 47 yards. But the biggest problem for the Bucs this week was on defense as they didn't cause a turnover for the second straight week. Outside of Barrett Ruud (12 tackles) and Derrick Brooks (10 tackles) nobody on the defense stepped up to make any big plays even thiough backup Qb Quinn Gray was in for injured starter David Garrard. The Bucs only gave up 232 total yards but causing any turnovers gave the Jags the win. The Arizona Cardinals come to Tampa to take on the Bucs for week nine. The Bucs need this win to stay in the playoff race in the NFC.