Overview
- Shough produced touchdown runs of 34 yards on a read-option and 13 yards on a late scramble that stood as the winner.
- New Orleans’ defense delivered five fourth-down stops, including a final sequence where Tampa Bay was short on 4th-and-4.
- The rookie finished with 144 passing yards, 55 rushing yards and one interception, and teammate Devin Neal said he “deserves to be a starter.”
- The sloppy conditions magnified Tampa Bay’s mistakes, with seven penalties and a dropped end-zone pass by Emeka Egbuka after a long Bucky Irving run.
- A 54-yard kickoff return set up the Saints’ opening touchdown as New Orleans moved to 3-10, while the Buccaneers slipped to 7-6 and now host Atlanta on Thursday.