NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After aggravating a lingering shoulder injury Dexter Williams Jersey , Tampa Bay quarterback Jameis Winston never left the sideline in the second half against the New Orleans Saints.The way the Buccaneers struggled with and without him, it might not matter when he returns.In desperate need of a victory, the Bucs instead dropped their fifth in a row in ugly fashion — a 30-10 loss to the surging Saints on Sunday that severely dampened Tampa Bay’s hopes of making the playoffs for the first time in a decade.With Winston laboring, Tampa Bay has scored 13 points combined during back-to-back defeats to NFC South foes Carolina and New Orleans.“I have to do my job better,” said Winston, who went 7 of 13 for 67 yards and was sacked twice. “The quarterback has to get the ball in the end zone, and I’m not doing that.”The Bucs did almost nothing right against the Saints.Bryan Anger’s first punt was blocked and returned for a touchdown. The offense produced 88 yards in the first half, a total the Saints surpassed with a 93-yard drive right after the Bucs pulled within 9-3 on a 50-yard field goal.Running back Alvin Kamara capped it off, breaking three tackles on a 33-yard touchdown off a screen pass.“I’m totally embarrassed,” Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said. “I would hope they (the players) are.”With Ryan Fitzpatrick relieving Winston, the second half was even worse. The Saints scored two third-quarter touchdowns around a fumble by Tampa Bay tight end O.J. Howard, putting the game away. The Bucs then lost defensive end William Gholston to a neck injury that caused nearly a 10-minute delay before he was taken off on a stretcher.Koetter said Gholston, who moved his arms and legs while the Bucs medical staff treated him on the field, was getting neurological tests at a hospital.Winston’s status is up in the air, too. He sprained the AC joint in his right shoulder on Oct. 15 at Arizona, and he landed hard on the shoulder when he was sacked in the final minute of the first half against the Saints.“It’s the same thing that’s been happening every week,” Winston said. “I don’t know whose call it was Nick Bosa Jersey , but they pulled me.”Fitzpatrick went 8 of 15 for 68 yards, finally getting the Bucs into the end zone on an 8-yard scoring toss to tight end Luke Stocker midway through the fourth quarter when they trailed 30-3.Tampa Bay’s longest completion was 15 yards despite having three-time Pro Bowl selection DeSean Jackson and 2016 second-team All-Pro pick Mike Evans at wide receiver. The duo combined for three catches for 38 yards.“We’re too talented to be 2-6,” Evans said. “We better come together and fix it. We have to try.”Evans was not sure he would be available for next Sunday’s game against the New York Jets. In the third quarter, he raced over and slammed Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore to the ground from behind after seeing Lattimore shove Winston on the sideline.Winston, who had pointed a finger against Lattimore’s helmet, said he told Lattimore to go to his sideline. Evans, who did not see that part, was penalized for a personal foul and could be subject to a fine or suspension.“I just let my emotions get the best of me,” he said. “I saw (Lattimore) pick a fight with my quarterback. I shouldn’t have hit him in his back like that. That was kind of malicious.”With frustration mounting, Winston spoke candidly in the locker room after getting an X-ray on his shoulder.“We should want to be motivated because we don’t want to finish the season with two” wins, he said. “I hate losing. Do you hate losing? Do all of you hate losing? We hate losing, too. So we are going to fix things. We have to start playing better.”107<button class="view-gallery">View Gallery</button> Gallery:Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader photo galleryReinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports | Reinhold Matay
CAROLINA (11-5) at NEW ORLEANS (11-5)

Sunday, 4:40 p.m. ET, Fox

OPENING LINE – Saints by 5+

RECORD VS. SPREAD – Carolina 9-7, New Orleans 8-8

SERIES RECORD – Panthers lead 24-22

LAST MEETING – Saints beat Panthers 31-21, Dec. 3, 2017

LAST WEEK – Panthers lost to Falcons 22-10; Saints lost to Buccaneers 31-24

AP PRO32 RANKING – Panthers No. 7 L.J. Collier Jersey , Saints No. 6

PANTHERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (19), RUSH (4), PASS (28)

PANTHERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (7), RUSH (3), PASS (18)

SAINTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (5), PASS (5)

SAINTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (17), RUSH (16), PASS (15)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – NFC South rivals meeting in playoffs for first time. … Teams had 12 games against common opponents, with Carolina going 10-2 and Saints 8-4. … Panthers in playoffs for fourth time in five seasons. Lost in Super Bowl to Broncos two seasons ago. Missed playoffs last season. … Ron Rivera is first Panthers coach with four playoff appearances. … Carolina ranked third in NFL in sacks with 50 and was only team in NFC with two players getting 10-plus sacks each. DEs Mario Addison and Julius Peppers each had 11 sacks during regular season. … Panthers TE Greg Olsen will play vs. Saints for first time this season after missing previous meetings with foot injury. … Panthers QB Cam Newton has 10 TDs (eight passing, two rushing) in six career playoff games. … Newton led NFL QBs with career-high 754 yards rushing, tied for league lead among QBs with six TDs rushing. He has three seasons with 700-plus rush yards, tied with Michael Vick for most by QB in NFL history. … RB Christian McCaffrey ranked second among NFL rookies with 80 receptions, fourth most all-time by rookie RB. Ranked fourth among NFL rookies with 1,086 scrimmage yards. Set franchise rookie records in scrimmage yards and catches with 80. … WR Devin Funchess led team with career-high 840 yards receiving, eight TD catches. … LB Luke Kuechly was only Panther voted to Pro Bowl. Kuechly led team with 125 tackles http://www.seahawkscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-marquise-blair-jersey , his sixth season with 100-plus, tied with LB Thomas Davis for most in team history. … Saints are NFC South champions for first time since 2011, making first playoff appearance since 2013 season. … Saints held tiebreaker over Panthers by winning both regular-season meetings. … Saints in playoffs for sixth time since Sean Payton became coach in 2006. … Saints were 7-1 at home this season, have won five straight home playoff games. … QB Drew Brees completed 72 percent of passes, setting single-season NFL record. He ranked fourth in NFL with 4,334 yards passing, his NFL-record 12th straight season with 4,000-plus yards. … RB Mark Ingram set career highs in yards rushing with 1,124 and scrimmage yards with 1,540. … RB Alvin Kamara ranked second in NFL with 14 total TDs. Kamara was second among NFL rookies with 1,554 scrimmage yards. One of only two rookies in NFL history with five-plus TDs rushing, five-plus TDs receiving and at least one kick return TD. Other was Gale Sayers in 1965. … WR Michael Thomas ranked third in NFL with 104 catches. He has 196 career receptions, most by player in first two seasons in NFL history. … WR Ted Ginn spent three of previous four seasons with Carolina. … DE Cameron Jordan tied for fourth in NFL with career-high 13 sacks. Jordan was only NFL DL with 10-plus passes defensed, including INT for TD. … CB Marshon Lattimore leads Saints and all NFL rookies with five INTs.

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