The Tampa Bay Buccaneers earned a chance to erase their brutal winless start against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday. So they pulled off a wild tactic inside AT&T Stadium. Head coach Todd Bowles and backup quarterback Jalon Daniels leaned into some epic ball control here.
Which ate up nearly 11 minutes off the time clock.
Tampa watched the Cowboys score first on their opening drive. So the Bucs retaliated by putting together a 15-play, 73-yard one.
However, Cowboys insider for ESPN Todd Archer revealed that this drive matched a previous high NFL mark.
Article Continues Below“From ESPN Research: The Bucs' 10:51 time of possession on opening drive, longest opening drive by TOP by any team since 2022 (Ravens, Week 2, 2022 vs MIA, 10:52),” Archer posted on the social media website X, formerly Twitter.
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