Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter was pleased with his team’s play on Sunday as the Buccaneers came back after falling behind 14-0 early, to beat the 49ers 34-17 and even their record to 3-3. Below is the transcript from Koetter’s post game press conference.

Opening comments:
“Alright, good guys win.”

Obviously you had a lot of confidence in your rushing attack again to win this one. Tell me what you thought you could exploit there and how you’re feeling about it.
“We had a lot of confidence in whoever is out there playing. We had a lot of confidence in our O-line, a lot of confidence in our tight ends, so the running game is not just the back. There are a lot of people involved and it was no secret. You guys all pointed out over the course of the week the [San Francisco] 49ers have been giving up a lot of yards rushing. We’d be foolish if we didn’t try to run the ball.”

Talk about what some of the other guys did, the tight ends and some of the receivers.
“That’s the kind of stuff that shows up in the film. It’s hard to see that during the game but obviously to rush it like we did today, those guys are doing a good job because you don’t rush for 250 or whatever it was if you’re not blocking somebody.”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Jacquizz Rodgers is showing you something that obviously not too many people have seen in him.
“He’s durable, he’s nifty, he can break tackles, but I was very fired up for [Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB] Peyton [Barber] and for [Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB] Antone [Smith], got in there and made a couple plays on a little screen. It’d be great when we get [Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB] Doug [Martin] and Chuck [Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Charles Sims] back, but those guys are doing a nice job holding down the fort right now.”

In the offseason you said they put a lot of work in between Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston and Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Mike Evans. Is that sort of synergy on plays that are extended really around the red zone?
“Yeah, I thought Mike Evans was huge today coming back to the ball and catching the ball at the highest point, going for the ball in the air. I think Mike has just really improved his work habits in practice. Mike is like he’s on a mission out there. Sometimes Jameis can try and go to Mike too much when he has multiple reads. I think that happened a couple of times today when we got caught on that. Jameis is not known as a scrambler, but he’s a better scrambler than he’s given credit for.”

Take me back to win you guys picked up RB Jacquizz Rodgers. How long have you know he’s been this good? He seems like a guy that should have been on the scrap back in week two.
“You go tell him about the scrap. You should probably use those words too, and then duck real fast before he punches you right in the teeth [laughter].”

He said that last week.
“He did? Well I like the guy and I’m not sure how long he was. We get those transactions every day from the league and I noticed sometime before that, that he was out there. Jacquizz is just a really solid player and a really solid guy. He’s never had a chance to be a feature guy. He’s just behind really good guys. He’s been behind [former Atlanta Falcons RB] Michael Turner for a while behind [former NFL RB] Steven Jackson, we have good backs here so he’s never been a complimentary player. He’s just getting a chance. Google up Oregon State vs. USC from 1947 or whatever year it was, you’ll see. He’s a good between the tackles runner. That power that he broke that’s probably the longest run. Go Quizz go! Man, he got off. That was awesome. Man, that was awesome for him. He’s doing a great job.”

You gave up a score on the San Francisco 49ers first drive and then after that pretty sturdy on defense.
“We couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start. We said during the week one of the hardest things about a [San Francisco 49ers Head Coach] Chip Kelly offense is getting used to that tempo. They went through us like Swiss cheese in that first drive. We were inconsistent keeping [San Francisco 49ers QB Colin] Kaepernick in the pocket. We were trying to keep him in the pocket. We were inconsistent doing that and we had other chances to get him down. The D-line kept saying, ‘Coach, he’s fast!’ No kidding. Yeah, he’s fast. He’s just not your typical quarterback. The guy can run and we didn’t tackle as well as we should have but we thought if we could keep him in the pocket and make him throw the ball we could make some plays on it. [Tampa Bay Buccaneers S] Bradley McDougald, of course had the nice interception, almost had another one. [Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB] Brent Grimes had two balls that he poked out there that were nice plays. The sack fumble by [Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB] Jude [Adjei-Barimah] coming off the slot, that was a big play. I was a little nervous there in the first quarter after they scored and we threw that pick. There we go, our offense putting our defense in a bad situation. Then that ended up as our only turnover, so I think we were plus two on the day. I think we got another one off of special teams. I go back to our punt team. Those gunners, our gunners, [Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Russell] Shepard, not only on special teams but on offense, he had an awesome day on offense. Our gunners do such a good job forcing fair catches even when our cover guys are right on top of them.”

What do you have to say about a guy like Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Russell Shepard who’s primarily a special teams guy, that’s how he’s made this team for forever, for him to go out and have five catches or whatever he had.
“Proud of him. Shep’s a hard guy not to like. He’s got an infectious personality. He’s a fun guy to be around. He’s a fun guy in meetings, he can laugh at himself. I like guys like that. I think I just like being around guys like that. He gave a passionate speech. You know he was cut by Philly [Philadelphia Eagles] earlier and he gave a passionate speech in the locker-room before the game. We said with Vincent [Jackson] out, we needed some guys to step up and even though we rotated three guys, four guys in that spot, Shep’s the guy that made plays. That touchdown, right before the half on that little double move, we’ve been working on that thing for two years. It was awesome to see. They were in the perfect coverage. I was hoping Jameis saw and I was like ‘there it is, there it is, there it is,’ and Jameis threw that thing so early. He just threw it up to the spot and Shep made, you know I think that was the Russell Shepard drive. He had three or four catches in that drive.”

You’re back to 3-3. How do you feel about where your team is playing right now?
“Hell, I want to be 6-0 but we’re not. Back-to-back wins, back-to-back wins on the road. We’ve got to learn how to win some games at home. We need to, let’s keep those [Oakland] Raiders jerseys out of the lower bowl. Let’s get some Bucs jerseys in there. Let’s rock that place next week. I think we’ve got three in a row at home. We’ve got to do our part. We’ve got to learn how to win at home. We’ve proved we can win on the road. I’m proud of these guys. That’s two weeks in a row. We’ve talked a lot about complimentary football and we’ve done it for the last two games.”