NFL

The team is 3-0 and they are looking like a real contender. Taking on the Raiders in a Superbowl rematch from 02. And just like that Superbowl the Bucs were able to put a hurt on the Raiders and their offense. Only allowing 1 offensive touchdown. They kept that high powered offense down. And they did not allow them to do much of anything. They caused them to turn the ball over 5 times. All of them on interecptions. They were rushing both of the Raiders QBs today pressuring them so much that they were making either bad throws or quick throws. Thanks to that Ronde Barber was able to have himself one heck of a game. He was able to get 2 picks and 3 tackles on the day. Now I know that doesn't sound like he did much but we was able to shut down their Hall of Fame receivers. They we're still able to get their numbers but a lot of passes that could of went to them we're batted down or picked off. Barber was not going to let them get beat with the long ball. And they were able to do that. Only one deep pass happened on them and it was called back cause Rice stepped out of bounds. Other than that one play their longest was a 20 yard pass and that was cause Rice was able to break free. That defense was the real MVP of the game. Not only did Barber have a good game Kelly was able to get himself 7 tackles on the day and lead the team as well. Don't worry the leader of the defense made a play as well getting a pick for himself. No tackles but if you aren't going to get any tackles getting a pick is just as good. Quarles and Bennett we're also able to jump on the pick train and grabbed themselves a pick each. Quarles was able to get 2 tackles on the day while Bennett got 1 tackle. But they didn't just pick off the QBs they sacked them too. Getting 3 sacks on the QB on the day, by 3 different players.  Wyms, McFarland and White were all able to bring down Gannon. He couldn't go anywhere. They held Gannon to only 83 yards and no touchdowns. The defense gave up a total of 351 yards total. And 318 of those yards came from the passing game. Once Kerry Collins came in the game in the second half the game was already out of reach at that point. But they shut down their running game giving up 33 yards on the ground. Wheatley could go anywhere and with them being down so early they almost gave up on the run. As good as the defense was on Sunday Night Football the offense did their jobs as well. They did not have an unbalanced day with their d. The Bucs had 456 total yards and 221 of those yards came in the first half alone. Johnson had himself a pretty good game being able to go over 300 yards passing and get 2 touchdowns. First time he has done that this season. He was 27-39 for 315 yards with those 2 TDs and just one pick. He had a passer rating of 99.8 almost a 100 passer rating. The backs also stepped their game up in prime time. Pittman had 97 yards rushing on 8 carries and 1 touchdown he also caught 2 passes for 7 yards. Mike Alstott didn't run the ball great only getting 44 yards on 8 touches. The Raiders had him stopped. But they couldn't hold him in the passing game. He had 8 receptions for 56 yards and grabbed a touchdown reception. It was a big game for the rookie Michael Clayton. He had the best game he has had all year. Getting more receptions in this game then the last 2 games combined. He grabbed 6 passes for 97 yards. He keeps playing like this he might be a starter or at least get him the ball more. Galloway and McCardell didn't have bad games just not as good of games as Clayton. Galloway had 4 catches for 54 yards and a touchdown. McCardell was able to grab 3 receptions for 63 yards. Even Joe Jurevicius was able to get some passes thrown to him. He only had 3 catches for 26 yards but every little bit helps. If the Bucs can keep playing like this and don't let up they will have the best defense again. They will have to bring their A game cause the Broncos aren't a team to over look. They need to focus and get ready for Denver next.

Rashaun Woods has grabbed 6 catches for a total of 90 yards and has 1 touchdown.

Shawntae Spencer has a total of 4 tackles and 1 sack on the year.

Keith Lewis has  3 tackles.

Isaac Sopoaga has 2 tackles on the season.

Andy Lee has 9 punts for 440 yards for an average of 48.9 yards 3 punts inside the 20.

It was a very close game and even though it's another lose to add to the stat sheet and yes it means we are 0-3 there were some good things that happened against the Seahawks. The defense stepped up and kept the team in the game. And they only lost by 3 points. Plus we might have our future quarterback at least for this season anyway. Dorsey had his first career start today and he didn't do to bad. He might not have lighted up the stats, but he had a good game. Not bad for his first career start. He was 23 for 30 for 197 yards. He was even able to throw 2 touchdown passes. Which is the most throw by a 49er quarterback this year. He had a passer rating of 115.6 and his completion percentage was 77%. He was on target and he didn't throw many bad passes and he was able to stand his ground. Dennis Erickson wanted to keep the game simple for Ken and it showed by Dorsey having a good game. Barlow was able to help his young QB out. He rushed for 66 yards on 12 carries and was able to catch 5 passes for 23 yards and scored a touchdown. But his main receiver really stepped up and helped him have a good game. Lloyd had a big game. Best game of the season, he had 9 receptions for 83 yards and 1 touchdown. Other than that no one else really had a crazy good game. Wilson had 4 receptions for 33 yards and Tight End Johnson had 3 catches for 31 yards. As you can tell the offense didn't have a massive great game. They had the type of game that kept them in it and gave them a chance to win. They did enough but not enough to win it. But the offense showed some real promise and if they can keep that kind of play up next week against the Rams they might win, just maybe. Now the side of the ball that really controlled the game in a way. The Niners defense was the real talk of the game. They were doing whatever they could to win the game. Rumph was able to have one heck of a game. It was almost like Hasselbeck didn't know that he wasn't on his team. Cause Rumph was able to get to picks. One of them was a really bad pass and the other he was able to jump the receiver and get in front of it. He also had himself 3 tackles.  Now the guy who shocked me with his interecption was Young. The defensive tackle he had a pass thrown right to him and he tried to run it all the way back. Didn't get far but you can't blame the big man for trying to get a touchdown for himself. Parrish and Heard lead the Niners with 6 tackles and 5 tackles. They were all over the field today. Peterson was able to get himself 4 tackles on the day as well. They rushed the  quarterback a lot which might of lead to so many picks. But with all that pressure they put on the Seahawks they we're only able to sack Hasselbeck once. Engelberger was able to get the lonely sack for the team. He added a sack to go with his 2 tackles on the day. Now after saying what they did good they still have up 481 yards on the day. Now even though they gave up 481 yards they still we're able to keep themselves in the game. They gave up 312 yards passing and 169 yards rushing. Alexander was able to run through them like it was nothing. He even managed to bust out a 55 yard run.
If they can tighten up the defense up a little and if the offense can score a little more then what they did they might have a chance against the Rams. Not much of a chance but their game play today was definitely the best of the season.

Dominic Rhodes has a hyperextend shoulder and will miss 1 week.

25th overall pick Ahmad Carroll has  1 tackle and has himself 1 Interecption.
Washington has 1 tackle and  1.5 sacks.