After a tumultuous week that involved their game week preparations being relocated to Miami, the Bucs returned home on Sunday night and saw their usually fearsome defense dominated from start to finish. The Chiefs exacted revenge from the last time these two teams met at Raymond James Stadium, rolling to a 41-31 win to send Tampa Bay to its second straight loss.
Here are the most disappointing players and moments from the Bucs’ Week 4 loss to the Chiefs:
Bucs’ Third-Down Defense
Tampa Bay’s defense allowed Kansas City to convert its first five third-down conversions and 8-of-9 third downs by halftime. By the time the score was 38-17 with 5:42 left in the third quarter, the Chiefs had converted an obscene 10-of-12 third downs against the Bucs defense. By the end of the game, Kansas City had converted 12-of-17 (70.5%) third downs.
First Half
Third-and-1 – 4-yard pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster
Third-and-10 – 13-yard pass to Travis Kelce
Third-and-1 – 20-yard run by Clyde Edwards-Helaire
Third-and-2 – 7-yard run by Patrick Mahomes
Third-and-2 – 6-yard pass to Kelce
Third-and-3 – 6-yard pass to Kelce
Third-and-1 – no gain by Jerrick McKinnon
Third-and-7 – 7-yard run by Mahomes
Third-and-1 – 1-yard TD run by Noah Gray
Second Half
Third-and-10 – 19-yard pass to Smith-Schuster
Third-and-6 – Incomplete to Skyy Moore
Third-and-5 – 16-yard pass to Moore
Third-and-4 – 22-yard pass to Kelce
Third-and-2 – Incomplete to Marquez Valdes-Scandling
Third-and-5 – Pass intercepted by Sean Murphy-Bunting
Third-and-1 – 2-yard run by Edwards-Helaire
Third-and-17 – 7-yard run by Isiah Pacheco
Bucs’ Defensive Line
The Bucs lost this game in the trenches – on both sides of the ball. But Tampa Bay’s defensive line got pushed around all night. The Chiefs had 105 yards rushing – at halftime. Here was the stat line for the Bucs’ defensive linemen:
Will Gholston – 1 tackle
Vita Vea – 0 tackles
Rakeem Nunez-Roches – 0 tackles
Deadrin Senat – 0 tackles
Logan Hall – 0 tackles
The defensive line allowed too many runs to get to the second level and didn’t get enough pressure on Mahomes. At halftime, linebacker Lavonte David and safety Mike Edwards had seven tackles and linebacker Devin White had six. A prime example of the Chiefs’ dominance was right guard Trey Smith manhandling Vea at the 1-yard line to open up a touchdown for Clyde Edwards-Helaire, which gave the Chiefs an early 14-3 lead. Kansas City wound up rushing for 189 yards and finished with an almost 2:1 time of possession advantage.
TE Cade Otton

Bucs TE Cade Otton – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR
Otton got beat by rookie George Karlaftis, who tackled Leonard Fournette for a 3-yard loss in the first quarter. Then, Otton got driven back into Fournette on a play that resulted in a 2-yard loss. Fournette started the game with three carries for minus-3 yards and Otton was a big reason why. Otton finished the game with three catches for 29 yards.
ILB Lavonte David
David got caught looking at Patrick Mahomes and lost tight end Travis Kelce, who hurdled Logan Ryan at the goal line to score a 16-yard touchdown to open the game. David also had a chance at a couple of interceptions, including one right at the goal line. Four plays later, Patrick Mahomes threw his second touchdown pass to put Kansas City up 14-3. David finished with 10 tackles.
ILB Devin White
White was playing too fast and out of control at times and missed some tackles he should have made, especially in the first half. The biggest miss was a surefire sack/tackle of Mahomes near the Tampa Bay 2-yard line. Mahomes sidestepped White and flicked the ball to Edwards-Helaire in the end zone for a 2-yard touchdown. White finished the game with 11 tackles.
RB Rachaad White
The game got off to a horrendous start when White fumbled the opening kickoff at the Tampa Bay 21. Two plays later, the Chiefs were up 7-0 and any momentum the Bucs had prior to kickoff was gone. White wound up scoring his first NFL touchdown in the game, but had just six yards rushing on three carries. He also had four catches for 39 yards.