john sabol has more from one buc. >> reporter: thursday night's game against the atlanta falcons can't come soon enough for the buccaneers. >> with the loss, you know, i don't think thursday night's game could come at time. >> reporter: the next three days will be a crash course in thou get ready for atlanta. >> basically this is a week with no practice. you've got still get your game plan reps in, which we start tonight. >> reporter: the short week does have its advantages. the bucs have already played the falcons back in week one. >> we've played them before so it's not like we're going to have to get after film with a times over 20-something games. getting guys back, the health of your team who is the healthiest, who recovers the best has the best chance. >> reporter: one player who likely won't be recovered in time for thursday is running back rogers. he left sunday's game and didn't return with what appeared to be a fat or ankle injury. today the locker room roger was wearing a bat on his foot. the running game for the bucs will now likely feature fourth and fifth stripping runnin

here's john sabol. >> the buccaneers have given up a combined 72 points and 1,000 yards of offense in the last two games. that's unacceptable by an nfl defense but that is exactly what has happened. >> we have all hasn't coached at the level that we need to coach coached. we haven't played at the level that we need to play. >> one of the reasons why the defense has struggled has been the drop in production of linebacker devonta. you can thank mike smith's defense for those stats. >> it is somewhat different. a pro bowl player in the past. season but he's doing everything that we're asking. we have to make sure that we put him in position where he can make some plays. >> is he and the bucs defense has to get ready for a bears offense that has had issues all season except for last weekend over the vikings. reporting with the burks john sabol, abc action sports. >>> after starting 6-0 on a quick turnarou thursday night. this week at this point the lain has the bears main news one in vegas. i'm not holding out for doug martin. this one-point gift i am going to take at home. i'm going to g

john sabol has more. >> reporter: it had been three long days mike evans but now after media and fan backlash for sitting during the national anthem in protest of president-elect donald trump, evans apologized on wednesday. >> this city of tampa is bigger than the military. i know i hurt a lot of people by doing what i did, so i want to appear poll guys. it was the salute to service game. looking back i probably would it's done. it won't happen again. >> reporter: sitting for the anthem was an uncharacteristic move. >> when i was a kid i used to love standing for the national anthem. i still do. i think of our troops but most important i think of the american population. >> reporter: fans tweeted me their opinions over the last few days. the most common argument against evans, if he had any issue with donald trump, why didn't he vote. >> i tried to vote, and i realized, i'm a voartd in texas, i'm registered in d, and it take the action to do it, but that's my fault, and it won't happen again. >> reporter: reporting with the bucs, john sabol, abc action sports. >> it could have been w

john sabol has your morning sports. >> good morning, thanks for stopping by. the nhl season isn't even a month old yet so naturally teams like the lightning still trying to figure themselves out. consistency is what every hockey team tries to do by the spring. we're still a long way to go. playoffs should begin. saturday night against new jersey the perfect example of that, lightning started the game slow, getting out shot and trailing early 1-0. it wasn't until the 2nd period where the bolts woke up. lightning scored twice in the 2nd and twice in the 3rd to win the game 4-1. one of the goals came from the rookie, brady point. the facts is the lightning is starting the game sluggish just really needs to best and like i said earlier, too, the way we come out in the second and set the tone and over 20 shots and i think the third period as well we played really good. every season we've got to improve on. right now it's the first periods and going through this season i'm sure we're going to find another achilles in our game. you've got to find ways to win and we d

john sabol has that in sports. stopping by. buccaneers win yesterday bentz the kansas city chiefs on the road will do wonders for the bucs confidence. including winning 10 straight at arrowhead stadium. it's one of the toughest venues in the nfl. in 2014 arrowhead set a guinness world record for the loudest crowd noise. how loud is that, your eardrum ruptures that's loud. mike evans, as promised standing during the national anthem during the game. early 4th quarter, casey trying to drive. this is a huge momentum shift with the bucs leading 12-106789 he had a pick last week against chicago, another one yesterday. 55-yard return on the int, the lodgest bucs interception return in 3 seasons. bucs offense capitalized, 6:30 to play. touchdown bucs. bucs tight end comes through on his second nfl catch. bucs up 19. 10. they go on to win snapping the chief's streak. the bucs did what many thought was impossible, and that's winning in kansas city. >> operator: you know, this is a very tough place to play. a team that's won 17 of their l

. >> and i'm john sabol. group is calling for peace tonight. >> abc action news reporter cara mock herb joins -- kera mashek joins us live where it's about to begin. >> reporter: well, our group of transgender advocates are going to be coming out here now in the next half hour or so doing a little silent march? remembrance of the people that have lost their lives to violence. down the sidewalk, winding up at city hall just behind us here and calm of speakers and -- a couple of speakers will then address the crowd about what they've been seeing over the past year. this this past year alone, about 300 people who identify as transgender have been killed. 26 of those right here in the u.s. the vast majority of those were women of color. with the spike in hate crimes nation wild recently this group is hoping to promote a message of peace, understanding and acceptance and again this is going to be st join and listen to the message they have here tonight. certainly they hopes this something that will continue long i

john sabol has more on this. reporter: the last two buccaneers games some of the worse offensive football in the nfl against the raiders and the falcons thursday night the defense gave up a combined 73 points in nearly 1100 yards of offense. >> we just got to be better. the stats are what they are. we got to get better and that is no secret. >> the question on the minds of bucks fans today, why is this happening? >> we are talking about communicating all of the time and making sure everybody is on the same page and we are not doing a good job. >> the defense should have upgraded but instead the bucks are one of the worse tackling in total defenses ranking at the bottom five in most yards and points given up this season. >> they beat us, we are giving up too many plays. >> the faith in the defense is question thursday night after atlanta did not get a 15-yard face mask penalty. it would have been the falcons on a 3rd and 22 instead atlanta then faced a 4th and 7 and opted for a 41 field goal an. cutter now regrets

here is john sabol. >> no secret arrowhead stadium is one of the toughest stadiums to play in the nfl and the loudest stadium in the nfl or country but in the buyer world. recorded a guinness world record for the loudest crowd roar in a sports stadium at 142. 142-point-decibel record shattering a record set in 2013. >> we cranked out that crowd noise and maybe you can hear it. we have had it cranking. arrowhead is one of the coolest venues to play. >> how if a decibel reaches 150 your eardrums would rupture. the chiefs win ten straight dating back last year at home. >> i haven't played a regular season game in kansas city. we played a preseason in 2011 and it was still alive then. >> the bucks game sunday could be one of the biggest games in the last few years for the pewter and red. after all, the bucks are two the stadium. john sable ab c action news. >>> the chiefs are four and three at home at six points or less and 21 blog against the jets. the spread is 7-and-a-half. kc is making a living coming from behind late in the games and if that's the case this week 7-and-a-half good eno

john sabol has your morning sports. >> good morning, thanks for stopping by. the dugger naught returned in a big way yesterday, doug martin scored his first touchdown in nearly a year while the buccaneers celebrated a rare home victory against the bears 36-10. just the fourth win dating back to the end of the 2013 season. bears. jay cutler having issues connecting with his receivers. that's chris conte of the bucs. second interception of the game for cutler, 7-0 buccaneers. bears turn over in the first half. in the second half, bucs capitalize, the winston, 14-3 tampa bay, and that's winston's 43rd touchdown. bucs take a 17-10 lead into the break. your play of the game, bucs facing own 23. winston looking to pass, sees the pressure, pocket collapses, eludes multiple sacks and even a safety, somehow he breaks through, and it's caught by mike evans. 39-yard gain. what a play. that later set up this freddy martino touchdown catch two plays later. towards the enof the 4th, a doug martin touchdown i mentioned moments ago. 6th of last year and the fourth home win fo

. >> reporter: reporting with the bucs, john sabol, abc action sports. >> wide receiver mike evans continues to practice but he is definitely working his way back to playing on sunday. evans will have a concussion test and by the end of tomorrow we are going to know if's go for center joe hawley did return to practice. this guy has been injured almost every week, and he comes right back. >>> willie taggart's usf bulls are ready to head to memphis. the bulls would love to follow up that win over navy with another w in a place they have had zero success under will lee. plus a win just keeps the season going that this group of seniors planned on four years ago. they didn't have to, when we didn't have anything to show that we were going to be successful, and they wanted to be here and wanted to turn this football program around and stuck to the. they stayed with it. now they're reaping the benefits from it, and we all want those guys to go out the right way. >>> as for the gait to it's home sweet home, and south carolina on deck. the gators laid an egg in arkansas last weekend but sometimes whe

good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm john sabol. >> and i'm sarina fazan. >>> first we bring you breaking news. an officer shot in san bell. he's in the hospital and his condition at this time is unknown. we're told this happened during a routine traffic stop around 8:00 tonight. the suspect took off but officers eventually tracked him down in a neighborhood. they say he exchanged gunfire with police and residentsed in neighborhood were asked to stay indoors as police tracked that man down so far, the officer or the suspect's name has not yet been released. another shooting this one in st. louis, police say an officer was shot twice in the face. doctors say he's in serious condition but is expected to live. the attack may be related to a recent carjacking there. the suspect in this case still on the loose tonight. >>> and another police shooting to tell you about. san antonio police are still searching for the person who gunned down an officer in front he had just pulled over a vehicle and was writing a traffic ticket when investigators say another car pulled up next