ATLANTA — The Bucs and coach Todd Bowles found themselves in a no-win situation Sunday.
Having already been crowned NFC South champs and locked into the No. 4 seed, they had little to gain and very much to lose the longer they kept quarterback Tom Brady and other starters in an otherwise meaningless game against the Falcons.
Brady left the game after only five series and Tampa Bay led by a touchdown, 17-10, at halftime.
