The Buccaneers came away with a win over the Titans on Saturday night, but not every player put on film their best performance.
Below is the list of the Most Disappointing from Saturday night. Take a look and see if you agree and add your thoughts to the comment section.
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick was a lousy 5-of-13 for 46 yards, although he had at least one drop. But for all the things he did well last week against the Dolphins he did the opposite on Saturday night against the Titans. Fitzpatrick never really looked comfortable and never got into any type of rhythm. Fitzpatrick did lead the team on a long scoring drive in the first quarter, but it only resulted in three points, not seven. That won’t work when trying to keep up with the Saints offense in the season opener.
TE O.J. Howard
Howard ended up with two catches for 38 yards, but prior to that he had a costly drop and also committed a holding penalty costing the Bucs. Howard will be fine and is expected to have a big year but needs to do a better job on contested balls.
T Brad Seaton
As Ronde Barber noted on the TV broadcast of the Bucs game, the only major question mark for the Bucs at this point is depth on the offensive line. He isn’t wrong, and Seaton proved that to be true after Demar Dotson left the game after getting his Saturday night work in. Seaton was beaten on a number of plays, but his most egregious error was a holding penalty that cost the Bucs a touchdown pass to Chris Godwin.
RB Ronald Jones
After a mediocre performance in the joint practices against the Titans where he had two fumbles on Thursday. Jones was hoping to make amends on Saturday night. It didn’t happen, and a player that some wondered might supplant Peyton Barber as the starter at running back, could be buried deep on the depth chart heading into Week 3 of the preseason behind Barber, Jacquizz Rodgers and even undrafted free agent Shaun Wilson. Jones finished with just two yards on four carries and doesn’t look anything like the game breaker from USC that the Bucs drafted.
S Chris Conte
The Bucs defense had a number of missed tackles on Saturday looking sloppy at times, but someone who is usually pretty dependable against the run didn’t have a great night, missing two tackles where he had free shots on the Tennessee running backs. Conte occasionally likes to go for the knockout punch instead of wrapping up, and we saw that on Saturday night.