The Bucs improved to 3-1 on the season, but have seen a decline in offensive production. After averaging over 30 points in their first two games, Tampa Bay scored 24 points in a loss to the Rams in Week 3, followed by just 19 points in a win over the Patriots on Sunday night. As good as they’ve played, Bruce Arians feels that the offense can be better.

“Offensively, it’s still not clicking on all cylinders like it should be,” Arians said. “We looked really good for a series or two and then we still keep shooting ourselves in the foot with penalties or missed assignments. They’ve got to be corrected, and it’s on the players. We’ve talked about it enough, it’s on the players.”

Bucs RB Leonard Fournette – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

Through four games, dropped passes, poor ball tracking and penalties have hurt the Bucs offense. Mike Evans dropped a pass that would have put the Bucs inside the 10 early in the game. Instead the drive ended, and Tampa Bay had to settle for a field goal.

Then there was also a 45-yard completion from Tom Brady to Brown that was negated by a hands-to-the-face penalty on Donovan Smith. The Bucs were forced to punt instead of having a first down at the Patriots 37. On the final drive of the game, Antonio Brown dropped a potential game-winning touchdown in the end zone. Again, Tampa Bay settled for a field goal, and was forced to sweat out a missed 56-yard try by Patriots’ kicker Nick Folk.

Per Pro Football Focus, the Bucs are tied for seventh-worst in the NFL with nine drops. Tampa Bay is also 31st in the NFL in penalties with 34. 13 of those have been pre-snap infractions.