Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Studs and duds vs. Falcons in Week 17
Stud: Breshad Perriman (5 receptions, 134 yards, 1 TD)
After Pro Bowl wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin went down, it would have been easy for the Buccaneers offense to crash and burn the last two weeks of the season. However, due to the efforts of Breshad Perriman, it looks like the Bucs have found a viable third option for seasons to come.
The former first-rounder had his third straight 100-yard contest and, even though he racked up all his damage in the first half, that wasn’t his fault. Let’s go ahead and take a look at his touchdown to end the first half one more time because it’s a thing of beauty.
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— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) December 29, 2019
Dud: The rest of the pass-catchers
Winston completed 13 passes all game. Five went to Perriman, another four went to running backs Peyton Barber and Ronald Jones and a 10th went to the recently added Cyril Grayson. So how did Cameron Brate, Justin Watson and O.J. Howard do? Three catches for 29 yards combined. That is entirely unacceptable.
Brate had the two-yard scoring catch and that’s it. Watson had two catches for 27 yards. Howard didn’t have a single catch, plus earned a costly OPI penalty in the red zone that led to Gay’s third missed field goal of the day.
Losing Evans and Godwin stings a lot. However, the lack of effort from these three targets made things much harder on the Bucs offense. Don’t be surprised if one or more of these players is moved in the offseason.