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Rick Stroud

Jameis Winston ends Bucs' season, overtime loss with pick-six

TAMPA, Fla. _ Remember this image. You can bet the Bucs will.

On the last play of the 2019 season, Jameis Winston threw a pass to Cameron Brate that was intercepted and returned 28 yards for a touchdown to give the Falcons a 28-22 overtime win over the Bucs Sunday.

It was Winston's second interception of the game, both by Falcons linebacker Deion Jones, and his 30th of the season. That made Winston the only player in NFL history to throw 30-plus touchdown passes and 30 interceptions in the same season. He had two TD passes Sunday to give him 33.

The Falcons tied the game on the final play in regulation on Younghoe Koo's fifth field goal.

The Bucs won the coin toss and Winston ended it just a few seconds later.

The Bucs finished 7-9 and in third place in the NFC South.

It shouldn't have come to that. Bucs rookie kicker Matt Gay missed three field goals in the game.

Winston became only the eighth player in NFL history to pass for more than 5,000 yards and the first in club history by passing for 201 yards.

The Bucs spotted the Falcons a 10-0 lead by allowing eligible tackle Ty Sambrailo to haul in a 35-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan on the game's opening series. A fumble by Bucs running back Ronald Jones on the first possession led to a field goal.

Winston threw TD passes to on fourth-and-goal at the 2 to Brate and hit Breshad Perriman for a 24-yard score with 11 seconds remaining in the half.

In between, linebacker Devin White returned a fumble by Matt Ryan 91 yards for a touchdown, White's second such return of the season.

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