If you're not familiar with "Toxic Differential", it's something Brian Billick came up with as a indicator of a team's success.It's not an exact science by any means... but, it's not bad.For more on the subject Click here...The Bucs ranked 27th with a -28 differential. That's -8 on the takeaway/giveaway difference and -20 on the big play difference.Takeaway Giveaway Statistics:
| INTs | Fum | TakeAways | PTS | INTs | Fum | GiveAways | PTS | TO +/- |
| 14 | 11 | 25 | 62 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 101 | -8 |
This was supposed to work in the Bucs favor. But, the defense didn't get the ball as much as the offense gave it away.The 62 points the Bucs got from takeaways ranked as 9th fewest... the 101 points given up ranked as 4th most in the NFL.The 14 INTs by the Bucs ranked 14th... the 20 INTs against the Bucs ranked 2nd most.The 11 fumble recoveries ranked 10th most... the 13 fumbles lost ranked 5th most.Sloppy football on offense. Not enough ball hawking on defense... and then there were blocked kicks and punts.Big Play Differential:
| Pass BP | Opp. Pass BP | Pass BP Diff | Rush BP | Opp. Rush BP | Rush BP Diff | BP Diff |
| 29 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 54 | -20 | -20 |
Big Pass Plays:
| Player | Passing BP |
| Josh McCown | 16 |
| Mike Glennon | 13 |
The combined 29 big pass plays ranked 12th most, tied with the Saints for best in the NFC South.McCown has already gotten the boot. Glennon's 13 big pass plays in... say 5.65 games... extrapolates to ~37.While extrapolation isn't the real deal, that would have ranked Glennon amongst the top QBs in big plays.Big Receiving Plays:
| Player | Pos | Games | Receiving BP |
| Mike Evans | WR | 15 | 13 |
| Vincent Jackson | WR | 16 | 8 |
| Louis Murphy Jr. | WR | 11 | 3 |
| Bobby Rainey | RB | 15 | 2 |
| Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TE | 9 | 2 |
| Brandon Myers | TE | 14 | 1 |
Mike Evans ranked 6th in the NFL, highest ranked of the rookies. VJax was 29th.Big Rush Plays:
| Player | Pos | Att | Rush BP |
| Bobby Rainey | RB | 94 | 11 |
| Doug Martin | RB | 134 | 8 |
| Josh McCown | QB | 25 | 6 |
| Charles Sims | RB | 66 | 6 |
| Mike Glennon | QB | 10 | 1 |
| Solomon Patton | WR | 1 | 1 |
| Jorvorskie Lane | RB | 3 | 1 |
Rainey ranked 41st in the NFL... and ended the season as a returner.
