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Chiefs hope to end skid against Bucs

Nov 2, 2008 - 2:07 PM TAMPA 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.