While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stood proudly on the sideline of Wembley Stadium Sunday in London, the crowd of 80,000-plus sang "God Save The Queen."
Perhaps they should have sang "God Save The Bucs."
The Queen doesn't need any help.
The Buccaneers need a lot.
There wasn't much these international travelers from Tampa could do as Tom Brady led his Patriots (5-2) to a relatively easy 35-7 victory over the winless lads from Tampa Bay.
You could see this one coming early. The Bucs ran five plays to start the game and on the sixth, quarterback Josh Johnson stared long and hard at his receiver in the left flat. Brandon Meriweather saw it too, picked off Johnson's offering and took it to the house.
The rout was on.
It was quickly 14-0 then 21-0 and it was easy to see where this one was headed. I ...
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Buccaneers-Patriots: Tampa Bay Can’t Touch New England In London Loss
Posted: 25th October 2009 by Tom Edrington in NFLComments Off on Buccaneers-Patriots: Tampa Bay Can’t Touch New England In London Loss