Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

GB 17 · TB 14 · 2026 Week 4

Packers survive 15 scoreless minutes after Bucs pull within three

Trey Smack's 58-yard field goal at the halftime gun looked like a footnote. It turned out to be the entire story — the three points that separated these teams at the end, doing more work than any other kick on a Sunday that belonged to kickers.

Green Bay went up 17-7 in the third quarter. Tampa Bay answered 11 seconds into the fourth. And then both offenses spent the final 14:49 producing absolutely nothing — no points, no drama, just vibes and punts. The Packers won a game in which they didn't score for the entire fourth quarter, which is either championship grit or a quiet cry for help, and the answer depends entirely on your rooting interest.

Tampa Bay got within three points with nearly a full quarter to play and never got closer. That's not a comeback falling short — that's knocking on the door for fifteen minutes without ever trying the handle. Surviving is surviving. But the Packers made it weird, and weird wins count exactly the same.