Jalon Daniels: Fast start gave us confidence we could win the game
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Quarterback Jalon Daniels and the Buccaneers came into Dallas as big underdogs on Thursday night and the first Cowboys possession of the night did little to suggest oddsmakers had it wrong.
They rolled 70 yards in four minutes for a touchdown, but the Bucs came up with an answer that foreshadowed the way the game would actually play out. Daniels went 8-of-8 while leading a 10:58 drive that ended with a five-yard touchdown pass to running back Bucky Irving.
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It was the second-longest scoring drive in Buccaneers history and Daniels said after the game that it gave the Bucs belief that they could win for the first time this season.
"That offense is a very high-scoring offense," Daniels said, via Jenna Laine of ESPN.com. "So, the more you're able to keep those playmakers off the field, the more you're able to go out there and get closer and closer to being able to get a win. And the fact that we were able to start the game that way and be able to gain confidence also for the rest of the game, I think that's where it catapulted from."
Daniels finished the night 19-of-25 for 189 yards while Irving ran 21 times for 165 yards and another score. The Bucs also won the turnover battle 3-0 and that kind of efficient play made the undrafted rookie quarterback a winner for the first time in the NFL. With Baker Mayfield still recovering from a dislocated thumb, Daniels will likely have at least one more chance to show that he belongs in the league.