The Buccaneers, who scored 10 points or less in eight games while sinking to 4-12 last season, fared no better in quarterback Jeff Garcia's first start for them.
Just as Tampa Bay was attempting to rally in the second half from a 10-6 deficit, Garcia and lead running back Carnell "Cadillac" Williams left the game on the same drive. Each got hurt following simultaneous hits at the end of runs.
The 37-year-old Garcia, signed after he went 5-1 to revive his career in Philadelphia to end the 2006 regular season, had just scrambled for a first down midway through the third quarter. Julian Peterson hit him low and Leroy Hill hit him across the shoulders. Garcia stayed on one knee for a couple of minutes before trainers helped him off the field and eventually to the locker room.
By the time he returned midway through the fourth quarter after two dead-end drives with Luke McCown, Seattle led 20-6.
I saw that Garcia had a huge bomb to Galloway in the highlights, but it appears that there weren't a lot huge bright spots in this game as both Garcia and Cadillac were KO'd.
