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Complimenti ai Bucs.....
              Monday's Games
              TAMPA BAY 24, GREEN BAY 22
              (Box Score)
              TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Trent Dilfer finally got the best of
Brett Favre and the Tampa Bay
              Buccaneerss finally got the best of Green Bay. But best of
all for the Bucs, they got back
              into the playoff race.
              Dilfer threw long touchdown passes to Jacquez Green and
Bert Emanuel and ran in the
              game-clincher from 6 yards out as the Bucs broke a
six-game losing streak against Green
              Bay with a 24-22 victory over the Packers Monday night.
              "This town has waited a long time for us to take Green Bay
down," said defensive tackle
              Warren Sapp, who sacked Favre as time ran out. "It's even
more special that the whole
              country got to watch it."
              Favre, losing for only the second time in 15 career starts
against Tampa Bay, was sacked
              eight times and lost one of his six fumbles as Green Bay
(8-5) missed an opportunity to
              clinch a wild-card playoff berth. He threw two
fourth-quarter TD passes to Mark Chmura,
              but it wasn't enough to make up for a poor first three
quarters in which he had trouble
              avoiding the pass rush and holding onto the ball.
              "We had to mount a rush that was unbelievable," Sapp said.
"We got to him early. He was
              uncomfortable in the pocket, and that was a big key to us
winning."
              The Bucs (6-7) brightened their postseason prospects by
climbing into a tie with New
              Orleans and Arizona for the final NFC wild-card spot with
three weeks left in the regular
              season. Dilfer completed only 9-of-22 passes for 181 yards
and was intercepted once.
              Green and Emanuel, questionable for the game with a
sprained left ankle, scored on the
              same slant pattern in the second quarter. Dilfer hit Green
in stride crossing the field from
              the left on a 64-yard scoring play, then found Emanuel
crossing from the right for a
              62-yard TD that gave the Bucs a 14-3 lead.
              Playing at home for the first time since 1983 on Monday
night, Tampa Bay looked like it
              might be on the verge of letting the game slip away when
Favre threw a 4-yard TD pass to
              Chmura to trim Green Bay's deficit to 17-15 on the second
play of the fourth quarter. But
              Derrick Mayes dropped Favre's two-point conversion pass,
and the Bucs drove 52 yards
              after a Mayes fumble on the next Packers possession to put
the game out of reach on
              Dilfer's 6-yard TD run with 6:01 to go.
              Favre, who finished 29-of-41 for 262 yards, threw a 1-yard
scoring pass to Chmura to
              pull within two with 2:24 left. But that was as close as
Green Bay, depleted by injuries
              coming in and hit by more during the game, would get. The
most serious injury was to
              center Frank Winters, who broke his leg in the first
quarter.
              "Tonight was a little unusual," Holmgren said. "At the
end, we didn't have enough
              defensive linemen and we didn't have enough wide
receivers. We were kind of piecing some
              things together to try and make it happen. I've never had
to play a game like that before.
              "They got 14 points on two big plays. That's how we'd
beaten them before." 
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              TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 24, Green Bay Packers 22
              (Recap)
                             1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH  FINAL
                             --- --- --- ---  -----
              Green Bay       3   3   3  13    22
              Tampa Bay       7   7   3   7    24
              First Quarter
                    GB-FG Longwell 33, 2:50.
                    TB-Green 64 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick), 1:13.
              Second Quarter
                    TB-Emanuel 62 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick), 13:16.
                    GB-FG Longwell 36, 3:57.
              Third Quarter
                    TB-FG Husted 46, 9:42.
                    GB-FG Longwell 35, 4:33.
              Fourth Quarter
                    GB-Chmura 4 pass from Favre (pass failed), 13:39.
                    TB-Dilfer 6 run (Husted kick), 6:01.
                    GB-Chmura 1 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), 2:20.
 
                                      GB        TB
                                      ---       ---
              FIRST DOWNS              23        12
               Rushing                  5         7
               Passing                 16         4
               Penalty                  2         1
              THIRD DOWN EFF         5-13      6-14
              FOURTH DOWN EFF         0-0       0-0
              TOTAL NET YARDS         334       283
               Total Plays             71        54
               Avg Gain               4.7       5.2
              NET YARDS RUSHING       106       105
               Rushes                  22        30
               Avg per rush           4.8       3.5
              NET YARDS PASSING       228       178
               Sacked-Yds lost       8-34       1-3
               Gross-Yds passing      262       181
               Completed-Att.       29-41      9-23
               Had Intercepted          0         1
               Yards-Pass Play        4.7       7.4
              KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB   6-1-1     5-2-1
              PUNTS-Avg.           5-43.8    7-41.6
               Punts blocked            0         0
              FGs-PATs blocked        0-0       0-0
              TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE     83       104
               Punts Returns       1-(-10)     4-16
               Kickoffs Returns      4-81      4-88
               Interceptions         1-12      0-00
              PENALTIES-Yds          7-53      5-51
              FUMBLES-Lost            8-2       1-0
              TIME OF POSSESSION    32:08     27:52
              INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
              RUSHING-Green Bay, Holmes 12-47, Levens 8-43, Favre 2-16.
Tampa
              Bay, Dunn 18-62, Alstott 10-45, Dilfer 1-6, Green 1-(minus
8).
              PASSING-Green Bay, Favre 29-41-0-262. Tampa Bay, Dilfer
              9-22-1-181, Alstott 0-1-0-0.
              RECEIVING-Green Bay, Henderson 8-51, Chmura 6-56, Mayes
5-74,
              Holmes 3-24, Levens 3-10, T.Davis 1-22, Bradford 1-10,
Preston
              1-10, Schroeder 1-5. Tampa Bay, Emanuel 3-76, Anthony
2-22, Dunn
              2-14, Green 1-64, Moore 1-5.
              PUNT RETURNS-Green Bay, Preston 1-(minus 10). Tampa Bay,
Green
              3-9, K.Williams 1-7.
              KICKOFF RETURNS-Green Bay, Preston 4-81. Tampa Bay,
Anthony 3-63,
              Dunn 1-25.
              TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS-Green Bay, B.Williams 9-2-0, Butler
4-4-0,
              Harris 5-2-0, Newsome 5-0-0, Sharper 4-0-0, Booker 3-1-1,
Dotson
              3-0-0, McGarrahan 3-0-0, McKenzie 3-0-0, Bradford 2-0-0,
T.Davis
              2-0-0, Terrell 2-0-0, Brown 0-2-0, R.White 0-2-0, Koonce
0-1-0,
              T.Williams 0-1-0, R.Smith 0-1-0. Tampa Bay, Brooks 12-5-0,
Barber
              9-0-1, Upshaw 6-0-2, Abraham 4-2-0, Culpepper 4-2-2, Lynch
2-4-0,
              Singleton 4-2-0, Mincy 5-0-0, Gooch 5-1-1, Duncan 4-0-0,
Sapp
              3-1-1, Quarles 3-1-0, Kelly 2-0-0, D.Davis 1-1-0, Jackson
1-0-1,
              S.White 1-0-0, Ellison 1-0-0.
              INTERCEPTIONS-Green Bay, T.Williams 1-12. Tampa Bay, None.
              MISSED FIELD GOAL-Tampa Bay, Husted 38 (WL).
              OFFICIALS-Referee Mike Carey, Ump Neil Gereb, HL Sid
Semon, LJ
              Charles Stewart, FJ David Warden, SJ Doug Toole, BJ Kirk
Dornan.
              Time: 3:15. A-65,497. No-shows-NA.

 Complimenti ai Bucs.....
I complimenti di un "cugino" di Miami sono sempre graditi.. ;-)
E domenica a Tampa arrivano gli Steelers...altro match da 
"vincere o morire", visto che nessuna delle due squdre puo' 
perdere, pena l'esclusione quasi certa (sia per noi che per loro)
dai play-offs. Prepariamoci a una lunga domenica di sofferenza... ;-)
Saluti,
Luka V