TAMPA, Fla. — Forget the 6-2 start and dreams of making a championship run. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers don’t even look like a playoff team right now.

They have no time to dwell on a dismal effort in a 24-20 loss to the lowly New Orleans Saints. The Atlanta Falcons are coming to town for a Thursday night game.

The Falcons are only 4-9 but Kirk Cousins beat the Bucs twice last year, throwing for 785 yards, eight touchdowns and only one interception.

“We lost yesterday and we’ve got to get over it,” coach Todd Bowles said Monday. "We’ve got be big boys, we’ve got to get over it and own what we did, and we’ve got to get better at things we need to get better at. ... We understand that as a group we’ve been through this before, but it’s different every single year and every time (we) do it. No

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