The Tampa Bay Buccaneers did what every NFL team wants to do in Week 1. Tampa got a big win against a division rival, defeating Atlanta 23-20 on Sunday . The headline of the game was the incredible play of one Buccaneers rookie who ended up making the difference in this one.
Buccaneers rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka dropped a bold statement after the team's big Week 1 victory.
“We weren’t going for a field goal—we are shooting to kill,” Egbuka told Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer as he was leaving the stadium. “We’re playing for the touchdown. We ran that play a few times, but we didn’t have the right look, whether it was pressure or getting the ball out fast. So opposite hash on this one, Baker and I looked at each other in the huddle and …”
Egbuka was amazing in his NFL d