Losing defined the Bucs’ season before last night.
So what was the difference in Dallas?
Bucs edge rusher YaYa Diaby was asked about the team’s level of desperation entering last night’s big win at Dallas that took Tampa Bay off the winless list.
Diaby wouldn’t address desperation was asked on the SiriusXM NFL Radio postgame show.
“It’s just staying the course, man. We had a great week. The guys bought in; everybody was bought in,” Diaby said. “It was just a matter of time for us to blow; and tonight was the night.”
Buy-in was the difference that got the team over hump this week,” Diaby said: “Guys believing, man.”
Diaby talked about his key interception. He had dropped in coverage along with edge rusher David Walker, who go the turnover started with a pass breakup that sent the Dak Prescott pass into the air. Diaby said he won the game of “hot potato.”
Yes, the Bucs were all about staying the course and sticking together to work harder and smarter. Todd Bowles spoke in the happy postgame locker room about playing “for your brotherhood.”