The never-die Buccaneers didn’t go down quietly to the defending Super Bowl champions, but they couldn’t finish the comeback as they did against the Falcons, Texans and Jets.

The Eagles held on for a 31-25 win, remaining undefeated at 4-0. Tampa Bay fell to 3-1.

The Bucs won their first three games with points in the final minute of all three. They trailed by 21 in the first half and by 18 at halftime after Chase McLaughlin’s career-best 65-yard field goal on the final play of the half.

Tampa Bay, though, got passing touchdowns of 77 yards to Emeka Egbuka and 72 yards to Bucky Irving in the third quarter and a 58-yard field goal by McLaughlin early in the fourth quarter. That drew the Bucs within 31-23 with 12:16 left.

The Bucs reached the Philadelphia 11 with just under 8 minutes to g

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