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It was another huge win for us on Sunday, but this one was even more important because it was against the divisional rival Buccaneers who have breathing down our necks all season in the NFC South.

The Buccaneers came out strong and gave us a good fight as they wanted this game bad, especially in front of their home crowd, but we hung tough and pulled it out in the end.

We were ten points down in the fourth quarter after they had just scored and I knew I had to have a big return on the kickoff to get the team going. I had it in my head that I was going to make sure to get the team in good field position so that Matt Ryan could do his thing.

Well, I did more then just get the team good field position; I returned the kickoff 102 yards and scored a touchdown to get the team within three points. It was just what the team needed to take over control of the game and shift the momentum back to us.

The defense held the Buc’s in check and then Matty Ice once again did his thing in driving the offense for the go ahead touchdown.

We are now 10-2 with the best record in the NFC but we cannot take anything for granted as there are still four games to go. We need to continue to win, claim the division and get home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Being able to play all of our playoff games at home would be huge for us as we have only lost one home game since Matt took over at quarterback three years ago.

We have another divisional game this weekend against the Panthers in their house. Even though they are having a rough year, we are not taking the game for granted or looking past them. They are still a good team regardless of their record and games within the division are always tough hard fought games.