NFL followers on Sunday might have questioned what the duck was happening when the fowl flew onto the sphere at Raymond James Stadium in the course of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ win over the Carolina Panthers.
The duck appeared with about 5:30 to play within the third quarter. The CBS broadcast started to concentrate on the animal when the Buccaneers blocked the Panthers’ punt. J.J. Russell returned the ball 23 yards into the top zone for the landing.
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Dec 29, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; A duck stands on the sphere throughout an NFL recreation between eh Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the third quarter at Raymond James Stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Pictures)
A Buccaneers staffer was in a position to get the duck to security. Followers on social media went wild.
The rating gave Tampa Bay a 41-14 lead. The Buccaneers gained the sport 48-14 after Jalen McMillan scored his second landing within the fourth quarter.
The duck’s look gained over the web and the NFL because the league made the duck its new header picture on its X account. However McMillan wasn’t precisely offered on it. He stated he noticed the duck and didn’t prefer it.
“It was one of many dangerous moments of the sport — that duck touchdown on the sphere,” he advised WFLA-TV. “Geese aren’t good luck. They’re bizarre. I hate geese.”
Dec 29, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; A duck interrupted play between the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the third quarter at Raymond James Stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Pictures)
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McMillan didn’t precisely say why he hated geese, but it surely might have one thing to do together with his alma mater. The vast receiver attended Washington and needed to go up in opposition to the Oregon Geese in his profession. The 2 colleges are rivals.
Geese are additionally thought of good luck in some cultures, even when McMillan isn’t a fan. The duck appeared on the punt block, and it turned out to be good luck for Tampa Bay — not a lot for Carolina.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vast receiver Jalen McMillan runs in opposition to the Carolina Panthers in the course of the second half of an NFL soccer recreation Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Picture/Chris O’Meara)
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The Buccaneers chosen McMillan within the third spherical of the 2024 draft. The rookie has 32 catches for 387 yards and 7 touchdowns this season. Yet another win and the Bucs are into the playoffs.
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