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Game notes: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 51, New Orleans Saints 27


Game notes: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 51, New Orleans Saints 27

• The score also marked the 60th rushing touchdown of his career, tying him for 53rd all-time with Terrell Davis (Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017), Ahman Green and Brandon Jacobs.

• Kamara's five grabs bring his career total to 533, now third in franchise history.

• Rookie wideout Bub Means had the most productive game of his young career against Tampa Bay after Chris Olave suffered a concussion and played a larger role. He finished the game with five receptions for 45 yards, including his first career score off Rattler on a 10-yard connection.

• Tight ends Juwan Johnson and Foster Moreau were effective for the Saints offense in the first half. Johnson finished the game with three receptions for 48 yards (16.0 yards average), while Moreau caught both scores for 54 yards, including the team's longest play of the day, a 41-yard reception from Rattler.

• Receiver/returner Rashid Shaheed added a reception for 11 yards and was big on special teams, adding a kickoff return for 25 yards and two punt returns for 56 yards, including a 54-yard return for a touchdown for a total of 92 yards in the first half. With this score, Shaheed became the third Saint, joining Reggie Bush (four) and Tyrone Hughes (two), to score multiple punt return touchdowns in his Saints career.

• Shaheed now has 665 career punt return yards. On Sunday, he passed former Saints Mel Gray and Darren Sproles to move into sixth place all-time in the club record books.

• Cornerback Paulson Adebo made his 50th career start on Sunday, recording a team-high 10 tackles while returning two passes defended and an interception for 20 yards, his 10th career pick.

• Cornerback Marshon Lattimore had a season-high 10 stops (six solo). Defensive back Jordan Howden also tied for the team lead with ten stops (three solo), setting a career high, in addition to an assisted special teams stop.

• Safety Johnathan Abram added seven tackles (three solo), one pass defense and one interception return for a total of 30 yards.

• Linebacker Willie Gay Jr. returned from injury against the Bucs and finished the game with four tackles, a sack for a loss of eight yards and two pass breakups.

• Defensive end Cameron Jordan added a tackle, a pass defense and an interception. The pick was his third in his career and his first since the 2017 season.

• Cornerback Alontae Taylor added six tackles (four solo), including a stop for loss and a pass breakup.
• Defensive back JT Gray made a game-high three special teams stops (two solo), extending his team-leading total to 13 this season and 80 in his career. He now has more than his totals from 2023 (11) and 2022 (12) in just six games. Gray also finished his career with two solo defensive stops and the first defensive forced fumble of his career.

• Punter Matthew Hayball returned six punts for 266 yards (44.3 gross average), including three hits inside the 20-yard line and his season-high 58 yards, giving him a net return of 42.3.

• Kicker Blake Grupe drilled field goals of 42 and 29 yards and made all three PATs. Grupe made all 10 field goal attempts this season for a club-best 47 points.

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