The Bucs played one of their most heated rivals, the Carolina Panthers, at home. In the first half, it was a rout 20-7 with Bucs QB Chris Simms' first pass intercepted by the Panthers' Chris Gamble. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay finally scored its first touchdown of the season on a short pass from Simms to Joey Galloway, then followed that up in the third quarter with Carnell Williams scoring his first TD run of the season. Later that quarter, Simms led a drive that was wrapped up by a 2-yard bootleg by Simms on a fake to Mike Alstott, but Simms was hit hard on the play, and had to leave the game momentarily to let rookie Bruce Gradkowski take over. Simms returned in the fourth quarter to lead another scoring drive which ended with a long field goal by Matt Bryant. Unfortunately for the Bucs, the Panthers' kicker John Kasay hit his fourth field goal of the day, winning the game for the Panthers with only six seconds to spare. After the game, it was learned that Simms had a ruptured spleen and went into emergency surgery to remove it. Originally diagnosed as bruised ribs, it was only discovered shortly after the game ended. If discovery had been delayed any longer, Simms would have died. The injury cost Simms the rest of the season.

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Bucs spelade en av sina mest hetsiga rivaler, Carolina Panthers, hemma. I första halvlek var det en rout 20-7 med Bucs QB Chris Simms första passning avlyssnad av Panthers' Chris Gamble. I andra kvartalet gjorde Tampa Bay till slut sin första touchdown för säsongen på en kort passning från Simms till Joey Galloway, sedan följde det upp i tredje kvartalet med Carnell Williams poängmässigt sin första TD-omgång för säsongen. Senare samma kvartal ledde Simms en drive som lindades upp av en 2-yards bootleg av Simms på en förfalskning till Mike Alstott, men Simms drabbades hårt av pjäsen, och fick lämna spelet för att tillfälligt låta rookien Bruce Gradkowski ta över. Simms återvände i fjärde kvartalet för att leda ytterligare en poängdrift som slutade med ett långt field goal av Matt Bryant. Tyvärr för Bucs, Panthers kicker John Kasay slog sitt fjärde field goal för dagen, vinna spelet för Panthers med bara sex sekunder att skona. Efter matchen fick man veta att Simms hade en brusten mjälte och gick in på akutoperation för att ta bort den. Ursprungligen diagnostiserades den som blånad revben, den upptäcktes först kort efter att matchen avslutats. Om upptäckten hade försenats längre hade Simms dött. Skadan kostade Simms resten av säsongen. Ställ en fråga om den här artikeln.
The Bucs played one of their most heated rivals, the Carolina Panthers, at home. In the first half, it was a rout 20-7 with Buc's QB Chris Simm's first pass intercepted by the Panthers' Chris Gamble. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay finally scored his first touchdown of the season on a short pass from Simms to Joey Galloway, then it followed up in the third quarter with Carnell Williams scoring his first TD round of the season. Later that quarter, Simms led a drive wrapped up by a 2-yard bootleg of Simms on a forgery to Mike Alstott, but Simms was hit hard by the play, and had to leave the game to temporarily allow rookie Bruce Gradkowski to take over. Simms returned in the fourth quarter to lead another scoring drive ending with a long field goal by Matt Bryant. Unfortunately for the Bucs, the Panthers kicker John Kasay hit his fourth field goal of the day, winning the game for the Panthers by just six seconds to spare. After the match, it was learned that Simms had a ruptured spleen and entered emergency surgery to remove it. Originally diagnosed as a bruised rib, it was only discovered shortly after the match ended. If the discovery had been delayed any longer, Simms would have died. The injury cost Simms the rest of the season. Ask a question about this article.
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