The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have lost three of their last four games, losing to the Buffalo Bills, 44-32, on Sunday. In what turned out to be a wild shootout, the Buccaneers' defense was unable to get Bills' quarterback Josh Allen off the field .

That prompted many to wonder why Todd Bowles opted to punt in an interesting spot.

The Bills led 37-32 and had scored 17 points on their previous three possessions. The Bucs faced a 4th and 2 at their own 39 midway through the fourth quarter.

“From a schematic standpoint, we talked about 1 (yard) or less was positive, 2 or more figured to punt, we figured we had enough time to get the ball back,” Bowles said Monday, per Fox Sports' Greg Auman.

Tampa Bay did get the ball back. But not until after Allen went 85 yards and rushed for his thir

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