CBS
"One bad thing for the Buccaneers: The Bucs better get off to a hot start, because things get a lot tougher in Week 4. The Bucs face the Packers at home that week, but then they have to follow that up with a Thursday road game in Dallas. As if that’s not bad enough, they have the Steelers, Panthers, Falcons and Bears after that. They’re just 2-5 in their past seven against the Falcons and the other three teams on the list all made the playoffs last year. If the Bucs can get to their Week 10 bye with a winning record, that would certainly be a moral victory."
It will become more clear as we get closer to kickoff but, Bain changes everything.
While Bain has potential, what exactly are you expecting out the kid with the "changes everything" comment?
two points:
1 - What is your response to Max Crosby on the Raiders or Myles Garret on the Browns? Browns allowed 22.3 PPG last year while Raiders were at 25.4 PPG. The lowly Bucs? 24.2 PPG. Browns were 14th best, Bucs 20th, and Raiders 25th. It wouldn't appear that these proven guys turned their teams into perennial Superbowl contenders
2 - You think back to Bucs when they drafted Sapp and Brooks, joining a defense with Nickerson and Lynch. The defense finished 27th overall that year in YPG and 12th in PPG. This compared to 21st and 20th overall a year prior....so this was with 2 premier "change everything" type guys. I expect the defense to be improved but i don't see it magically becoming top 10 given the current roster
Great post.