Even British Able To See Holes In Buccaneers' Defense

LONDON—Despite their lack of experience watching American football and their unfamiliarity with all but the most basic principles of the sport, the local crowd attending the NFL game at London’s Wembley Stadium Sunday had little trouble identifying key weaknesses in the Buccaneer defense as the Patriots cruised to a 35-7 victory. “My word, that safety-man has lost contain yet again, and the Bucs are just getting—what’s the word?—blocked right off their feet on nearly every play,” attendee Martin Hollings said as Patriots running back Laurence Maroney broke free for a 14-yard run. “Oh, I say, poor show…. These chaps are in fact allowed to use their hands, are they not? Because you certainly could not tell by watching them.” In a related incident, BBC commentators claimed they meant no offense and were attempting to compliment wide receiver Wes Welker by saying the Tampa Bay secondary “made [Welker] look like Pelé out there.”