Back in a game for the first time in 20 months Youth Justin Evans Jersey , Ryan Tannehill had plenty of time to throw Thursday night."The protection was awesome," coach Adam Gase said. "He was back there peeling an orange."An untouched Tannehill completed passes on the first four plays in his return from two serious injuries to his left knee, and the Miami Dolphins lost their exhibition opener to Tampa Bay 26-24.led a 40-yard drive that ended with a missed field goal in his only series. He was off-target on his final two throws and finished 4 for 6 for 32 yards."We didn't end up with points, which is what you want to do," Tannehill said. "But I thought for our first time hitting the field, my first time hitting the field in a long time, it felt good to be back out there."New Buccaneers kicker Chandler Catanzaro made a 26-yard field goal with 23 seconds left to cap a 67-yard drive and give them the win.Tampa Bay's Jameis Winston played the second quarter against Miami's second team and led a group of reserves to 10 points on drives of 32 and 40 yards. He went 11 for 13 for 102 yards in four series."Man http://www.buccaneersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-chris-godwin-jersey , it was just great to play against another team," Winston said. He's suspended for the first three games of the regular season for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.Ryan Fitzpatrick led the Bucs on a 57-yard, six-play touchdown drive on their first possession. It was capped by Peyton Barber's 4-yard run.BACKUP BATTLEMiami's David Fales, battling Brock Osweiler for the backup quarterback job, led the second-string offense to a field goal against the Buccaneers' first-team defense. Fales also directed a 75-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter, and he finished 8 of 11 for 115 yards.Osweiler went 10 for 21 for 83 yards. Gase didn't give either reserve QB an edge in their competition."This is going to take all of training camp," Gase said. "It's going to take all preseason."ROOKIE RUSHERSDolphins fourth-round draft pick Kalen Ballage rushed for 37 yards in 10 carries and caught three passes for 23 yards. He also lost a fumble.Bucs second-round pick Ronald Jones was held to 9 yards in eight carries, but scored on a 2-yard run.KICKING RESULTSCatanzaro missed his first extra-point attempt and missed a 53-yard field goal try, but also made two field goals."It was great to see him have the chance to get the game-winner O. J. Howard Jersey ," coach Dirk Koetter said. "The good news is he got that missed extra point out of the way so we don't have to repeat that again. He mishit one, and I know he'll be his worst critic."Rookie Jason Sanders, battling rookie Greg Joseph for the Dolphins' kicking job, made field goals of 29 and 23 yards but missed a 53-yarder. Joseph made a 48-yarder.NATIONAL ANTHEMDolphins receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson and defensive end Robert Quinn protested during the anthem. Stills and Wilson kneeled behind teammates lined up standing along the sideline. Quinn stood and raised his right fist. There were no apparent protests by the Buccaneers.Stills kneeled during the anthem during the 2016-17 seasons and has been vocal discussing social injustice issues that inspired the protest movement by NFL players.INJURIESBucs: CB Vernon Hargreaves III left in the first quarter with a groin injury and didn't return. ... First-round draft pick DT Vita Vea didn't play. He has missed most of training camp with a calf injury.Dolphins: Reserve LB Mike Hull left the field on a cart in the second quarter with a left knee injury.UP NEXTBuccaneers: Tampa Bay plays at Tennessee on Aug. 18.Dolphins: Miami plays at Carolina on Aug. 17. When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers basically transitioned to Dirk Koetter from the firing of Lovie Smith, things were supposed to be better. And while it did get better, to some degree — offensively, the team never truly improved. But surprisingly enough keeping many of the coaches from the Lovie-days wasn’t even the biggest mistake(s) he made. In three seasons, Koetter managed to create drama, force people to pull their hair out Authentic Chandler Catanzaro Jersey , and seal his own fate. Here are three of Koetter’s biggest failures in three seasons as head coach of the Bucs.Season 1: Never developed a running gameThis phase of the game hurt many aspects of the Buccaneers potential explosiveness on offense. In 2016, new head coach Dirk Koetter came in and vowed to be a run-first football team. His idea never materialized and in his first year as head coach Tampa Bay averaged 3.6 yards per carry. At the time, Doug Martin was said to be the bell-cow for the offense but averaged 2.9 yards per carry while Jacquizz Rodgers averaged 4.3 and Peyton Barber averaged 4.1. This was the beginning of a stubborn side of Koetter that carried (no pun intended) well into his final season as the Bucs head coach.The offensive line was blamed by many, but ironically enough Rodgers and Barber averaged better numbers than Martin did behind that same line. Koetter’s inability to adjust, see the difference in running backs, and sticking with Martin were the reasons why the Buccaneers running game failed in 2016 and was never ever able to recover throughout his tenure as head coach.Season 2: The poor handling of Winston’s injuryIn 2017, franchise quarterback Jameis Winston missed three games due to an injury to his throwing shoulder. He missed three games (Weeks 10-12) but many felt he should have been benched much sooner for it to heal.There were rumblings that Winston’s shoulder was actually injured during their Week 3 game against Minnesota. Winston struggled throwing the football as normally a plus 60-percent completion rate was barely getting over 50-percent in the following five of six games. It wasn’t until Week 9 against New Orleans where the shoulder was “aggravated” after “initially” injuring it three weeks prior in Arizona.Winston would return and average a 68.7-percent completion percentage in the final five games of the 2017 season. Many feel if the injury was handled differently much sooner the season could have played out differently.Season 3: His loyaltyDirk Koetter made the obvious move of hiring his friend Mike Smith to be defensive coordinator. When he did, Smith vowed during his introductory press conference that his defense would put his players in position to be successful.That clearly never happened.Koetter defended Smith to the death until he was finally left with no choice but to fire Smithfollowing their Week 6 loss to Atlanta this season. Under Smith, the defense finished 23rd in 2016 Youth Jason Pierre-Paul Jersey , 32nd in 2017, and was ranked last in points per game, passing yards per game, and red zone touchdown percentage at the time of his firing. As the offense made mistakes, they were able to overcome them and put points on the board but it was too much for Smith’s defense to overcome their own mistakes. While the firing of Smith was warranted, Koetter waited too long to make the move. And hiring his friend was perhaps the biggest mistake Koetter made as the head coach of Tampa Bay — and the reason why this Buccaneers team didn’t win more than what they potentially could have.