{"id":6404,"date":"2020-02-15T21:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T02:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=6404"},"modified":"2020-02-15T21:33:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T02:33:55","slug":"tampa-bay-vipers-lose-17-9-against-seattle-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/02\/15\/tampa-bay-vipers-lose-17-9-against-seattle-dragons\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Vipers Lost 17-9 against Seattle Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tampa Bay Vipers vs. Seattle Dragons Week 2 Highlights | XFL 2020\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Diwf1toe7G0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Vipers held the Dragons to 12 yards of total offense in the first quarter, the fewest yards allowed in an opening quarter of any game so far this season and second-fewest&nbsp;in any quarter overall (Week One, Defenders vs. Dragons \u2013 Seattle allowed 10 yards in the 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Quarter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tampa Bay Vipers Week 2 Press Conference: Taylor Cornelius\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_81GbmKqGVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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