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Green Bay - The Green Bay Packers keep winning. The Green Bay Packers also keep bleeding yards.

For the sixth time this season, the Packers won a game while allowing 400 yards or more in total offense. Tampa Bay, a 35-26 loser Sunday at Lambeau Field, singed them for 455 yards.

Thus, the Packers tied the National Football League record for most victories in a season allowing 400 yards or more with six. At the rate the Packers are going, they won't be tied with the New England Patriots of 2010 for long.

"Whew," said safety Charlie Peprah. "I can't put a finger on it."

The Packers allowed 477 yards to New Orleans, 475 in Carolina, 424 to St. Louis, 435 in Minnesota, 460 in San Diego and now 455 to the Buccaneers, who had been averaging 331.

That's an average of 454.3 yards in the six games.

Several players said they thought the corner had been turned defensively Monday night, when the Vikings were limited to 266. They were wrong.

"I felt this was one of our down days," defensive end Ryan Pickett said. "We've got to clean it up."

Last season, the Patriots won games despite giving up 428 to Cincinnati, 400 in Miami, 410 to Minnesota, 425 in Pittsburgh, 467 to Indianapolis and 406 in Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.

Their opponents' average in those six games was 422.7 yards.

The Patriots went 14-2 to earn the No. 1 seeding in the AFC playoffs. Then they were eliminated in their playoff opener by the New York Jets.

It's interesting that the Patriots finished second in the NFL in takeaways with 38. The Packers entered the weekend tied for second in takeaways with 20 before adding two more interceptions Sunday.

"We truly do take the ball away a lot," cornerback Tramon Williams said. "And, with (Aaron) Rodgers not giving it away, I guess that helps us out."

Defense starts with stopping the run, and the Packers haven't done that since September. After allowing 55 yards per game and 3.06 yards per carry in the first three weeks, they've yielded 122.9 and 5.28 in the last seven weeks.

On Sunday, LeGarrette Blount became the third back to surpass 100 yards against the Packers with 107 in 18 attempts.

"We've got to take the big plays away and we've got to concentrate on stopping the run," defensive end Jarius Wynn said. "All I can say, we've got to keep digging deep, man."

Blount's 54-yard run had to be one of the most humiliating in years for the Packers' defense because as many as six players had clean shots to tackle him.

In the air, quarterback Josh Freeman completed five passes for 20 yards or more. That makes 46 against Green Bay compared with 29 after 10 games last season.

The 2-yard touchdown pass to Dezmon Briscoe late in the fourth quarter was a blown coverage. "There was a little bit of confusion on the defense," said Peprah. "People were assuming other people were going to do different stuff."

Otherwise, assignments didn't seem to be the issue.

"We keep saying communication, but communication is getting better," Williams said. "Things just aren't getting done. We've just got to hold each other accountable and get better."

In most cases Sunday, it came down to defenders just getting beat.

On the third play of the game, wide receiver Preston Parker gained 20 yards on a shallow underneath route on third and 7. Desmond Bishop tried to get through traffic but ended up several steps behind Parker.

"It kind of slowed me down when I saw everybody," said Bishop. "Nobody bumped into me, though."

One play before Blount's touchdown, Mike Williams vaulted over Tramon Williams on a sideline fade for 28.

In the second half, Mike Williams gained 21 on a wide-receiver screen, Kellen Winslow beat Peprah on a corner route for 37 and Arrelious Benn took Sam Shields up the sideline for 37 more.

“They were picking us and had a lot of intermediate crossing stuff,” said defensive end Ryan Pickett. “Then they hit a couple deep balls downfield one-on-one. The defensive backs were there. It’s either make the play or they make the play. They made them.”

Through 10 games, the Packers are allowing 391.8 yards per game, not far removed from the club record of 400.2 set in 1983.

In the air, the Packers are yielding 289.3, which would break the NFL record of 283.8 set by Atlanta in 1995. However, New England’s pass defense is even worse.

“This is the third year of (Dom) Capers’ defense,” said Peprah. “People know what we’re kind of doing. They’re trying to scheme us. We’re the defending champs, so people are going to give us their best every game.

“I just think we’re not doing the little things we were doing last year, maybe. That’s the only thing I can think of. Maybe we’re not as sound as we were last year. Maybe that’s what it is.”