EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The quarterback arena of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be on the move again.

After starting Ryan Fitzpatrick for the first four games, switched to Jameis Winston for the next three and returning to Fitzpatrick for the last three, coach Dirk Koetter is again at a crossroads after the Bucs have dropped a 38-35 decision to the Giants of New York. on Sunday.

Fitzpatrick started the game and was lifted in the third quarter after throwing three interceptions that allowed the Giants to take the lead 24-7.

Winston, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 draft, arrived and led the Bucs on four touchdowns, bringing them just two points to three points to launch a late interception at BW Webb on a desperate pass in the last 30 seconds.

Koetter declined to say who would start Sunday at home against the San Francisco 49ers. He had come back to Winston this week.

"It was close," Koetter said. "I always told you, his day was coming back, it's under the bridge right now."

When asked if he thought about it himself, the coach did not hesitate.

"No. You can guess every game," he says.

Winston was exceptional. He completed 12 of his 16 passes for 199 yards and his only score was the last.

"It was obvious that he came in and enlightened," said Koetter, adding that he would probably decide to start on Monday.

The path to Winston seems clear at this point.

"I'm not worried about that," Winston said of the prospect of starting the last six games. "I'm worried about finding a way to win, I do not have a lot of control over it, but my game can talk, it's the only thing I can control. my best if I get the opportunity to run. "

Fitzpatrick was 13 on 21 for 167 yards when he was raised. He scored a touchdown in the second quarter on a fourth try to one meter of what appeared to be a broken game, and he had a goal opening stopped at 5 of the Giants on a stealthy quarter-quarter miss.

Turnovers took it away. He was intercepted by defensive back Michael Thomas in the 13th match of the Giants in the penultimate game of the first half. He saw linebacker Alec Ogletree return a 15-yard interception for a touchdown early in the third quarter, then safety Curtis Riley intercepted a rainbow in the end zone with 9:42 remaining in the box. quarter.

He knew pretty much that he was finished at that moment.

"After third in the end zone, I thought it would probably be the decision," Fitzpatrick said. "I was proud of the way Jameis had come in and played, it's not easy.It's not easy not to be prepared and to work with the team. scouts and being thrown in the middle of the game … was proud of the way he played. "

Fitzpatrick said that he did not know what would happen next. It is certain that the business figures must stop.

"It's something we highlight every week," Fitzpatrick said. "You can not win in this league by flipping the ball, so that's one thing you insist on and you try to fix it every week and, unfortunately, I did it three times today." 39; hui ".

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