CHARLOTTE, NC (SNN-TV) – Tom Brady hasn’t been in this position in two decades, a game under .500 this far into the NFL season.
Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost for the third time in four games Sunday to fall to 3-4. It came in stunning fashion, a 21-3 defeat to the Carolina Panthers, a team that had lost 12 of 13 games and was playing with a third-string quarterback and under an interim head coach.
Brady was 32-of-49 passing for 290 yards. One of those incompletions came when a wide-open Mike Evans dropped what would have been a 64-yard touchdown on the third play of the game. Brady hasn’t had a losing record this far into a season since the 2002 New England Patriots dropped four straight games to fall to 3-4. Brady has never been under .500 after eight games. Tampa Bay’s defense allowed the Panthers to rush for 173 yards, just three days after star RB Christian McCaffrey’s departure.
The Bucs will look to right the ship quickly, as up next, they host Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night Football.
