Nov 2, 2008 - 9:07 AM
0 shoutsTAMPA BAY (5-3) AT KANSAS CITY (1-6), 1:00 pm EST
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The Kansas City Chiefs' offense is sputtering this season. It won't get any easier this Sunday.
Tyler Thigpen and the lowly Chiefs attempt to end a three-game skid when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their tenacious defense.
Thigpen is coming off the best performance of his career and even got a little help from the defense last week, but it still wasn't enough.
A second-year pro, Thigpen passed for 280 yards and two scores and the defense forced three turnovers and scored a touchdown during a 28-24 loss to the New York Jets.
The 24-year-old Thigpen has been a part of the quarterback carousel since Brodie Croyle was injured in Week One. Thigpen has rotated with Damon Huard, and the results have not been good.
Kansas City ranks 31st in the NFL with 14.1 points per game this season - including the 29th-best passing attack at 163.9 yards per contest.
The Buccaneers do not provide a remedy to the Chiefs' problems. Tampa Bay ranks second in the league, allowing just 15.0 points per game this season.
The Bucs' defense allowed just 192 yards last week, but the offense failed to get into the end zone en route to a 13-9 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
Tampa Bay trails the Carolina Panthers (6-2) by one game in the NFC South Division race.
From the Bleachers
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TAMPA BAY: 30
KANSAS CITY: 27
Final
Nov 2 4:30 PM -
NFL
FG TAM
MATT BRYANT 34 YD
TAMPA BAY 30
KANSAS CITY 27 10:24 LEFT, 1ST OT
Nov 2 4:30 PM -
TAMPA BAY: 27
KANSAS CITY: 27
End of Regulation
Nov 2 4:21 PM -
TAMPA BAY: 27
KANSAS CITY: 27
End of Regulation
Nov 2 4:16 PM -
Buccaneers 27, Chiefs 27 End of Regulation
RUWTbot
Added 25 roots (Close Finish, Overtime)
Nov 2 4:16 PM -
NFL
TAMPA BAY 27
KANSAS CITY 27 0:14 LEFT, 4TH QTR
KAN BALL ON KAN 33 YD LINE
1ST AND 10
Nov 2 4:14 PM -
NFL
FG KAN
CONNOR BARTH 28 YD
TAMPA BAY 19
KANSAS CITY 27 7:38 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Nov 2 3:45 PM -
NFL
TD TAM
ALEX SMITH 3 YD PASS FROM EARNEST GRAHAM
(TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED)
TAMPA BAY 19
KANSAS CITY 24 13:36 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Nov 2 3:32 PM -
TAMPA BAY: 13
KANSAS CITY: 24
End of 3rd
Nov 2 3:23 PM -
TAMPA BAY: 13
KANSAS CITY: 24
Halftime
Nov 2 2:37 PM -
NFL
FG TAM
MATT BRYANT 43 YD
TAMPA BAY 13
KANSAS CITY 24 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 2 2:37 PM -
NFL
TD TAM
CLIFTON SMITH 97 YD KICKOFF RETURN
(MATT BRYANT KICK)
TAMPA BAY 10
KANSAS CITY 24 2:01 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 2 2:21 PM -
NFL
FG KAN
CONNOR BARTH 39 YD
TAMPA BAY 3
KANSAS CITY 24 2:13 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 2 2:18 PM -
NFL
TD KAN
TYLER THIGPEN 37 YD PASS FROM MARK BRADLEY
(CONNOR BARTH KICK)
TAMPA BAY 3
KANSAS CITY 21 10:12 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 2 1:51 PM -
NFL
FG TAM
MATT BRYANT 25 YD
TAMPA BAY 3
KANSAS CITY 14 13:04 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 2 1:40 PM -
TAMPA BAY: 0
KANSAS CITY: 14
End of 1st
Nov 2 1:35 PM -
NFL
TD KAN
KOLBY SMITH 1 YD RUN
(CONNOR BARTH KICK)
TAMPA BAY 0
KANSAS CITY 14 4:47 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 2 1:24 PM -
NFL
TD KAN
DWAYNE BOWE 7 YD PASS FROM TYLER THIGPEN
(CONNOR BARTH KICK)
TAMPA BAY 0
KANSAS CITY 7 8:19 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 2 1:12 PM
