Tampa Bay has had a dozen standouts during the first week of practice but there have been some players that haven’t made much noise yet or simply haven’t played well so far. Here are half a dozen Bucs that could use a better second week of training camp.

K Matt Gay

Uh oh. The Bucs’ kicker problems have returned, as Gay did not have a great first week of practice. In fact, he ended practice making just 2-of-5 field goals while newcomer Elliott Fry, his competition, connected on 4-of-5 kicks. Gay had his ups and downs as a rookie last year, heading into the Bucs’ season finale hitting 84.4 percent of his kicks before three costly misses against Atlanta dropped his season average to 77.1 percent. Gay has a stronger leg than Fry does, but hasn’t displayed the accuracy or consistency needed to win the kicking job outright yet. Gay needs to get right – and in a hurry.

WR Tyler Johnson

Bucs WR Tyler Johnson – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

While Vaughn missed some time due to COVID-19 exposure, Johnson missed over a week with a soft tissue injury. Bucs head coach Bruce Arians said that Johnson, who returned to practice on Thursday, is “light years behind.” That could mean that the fifth-round draft pick may have to start his rookie season on the practice squad unless the Bucs feel like they might lose him to another team. Johnson was supposed to contend for the third receiver spot in Tampa Bay, but with the great camp that Scotty Miller and Justin Watson are having so far, Johnson is in the battle for the No. 5 receiver spot at best right now.

CB Mazzi Wilkins

Wilkins has really struggled in coverage at the start of training camp, and got burned a couple of times by Evans for touchdowns. Wilkins showed a lot of promise last year as a rookie, but has been upstaged by Parnell Motley, an undrafted free agent out of Oklahoma, in practice thus far. Wilkins did have a nice interception off Ryan Griffin in practice on Friday, which may help his cause, but the USF star needs to really step up next week and plaster the receivers he’s responsible for covering, and display more sure tackling in the live tackle periods.

RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn

Tampa Bay’s third-round pick hasn’t impressed in training camp. Vaughn missed some time due to his COVID-19 list designation at the start of training camp and it looks like he’s swimming a bit mentally. Vaughn has looked like a carbon copy of Peyton Barber so far, not showing much burst or wiggle. Vaughn has good vision and decent power, but doesn’t look special yet. In fact, Dare Ogunbowale has looked far better in pads than the Vanderbilt product. Vaughn could have used the preseason to make some gains as a rookie runner.

WR Chris Godwin

Bucs WR Chris Godwin – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

Godwin has been good, but not great in camp so far. Something seems a bit off with Godwin’s game so far in camp. Godwin had a dominant camp last year, and this summer it’s been Mike Evans and Scotty Miller that have really dazzled during the first week. Evans looks like he’s ready to pick up from where he left off last year, while Godwin may still be working on his chemistry with Tom Brady. Don’t worry about Godwin yet, as he knows how to be a 1,000-yard Pro Bowler, evidenced by his breakout season in 2019. It’s not like Godwin has had a bad camp. He just hasn’t played up to his standards on a consistent basis yet.

ILB Lavonte David

In a year in which so many people are suggesting that a franchise-record five prime time games will finally get David the national recognition he deserves, the nine-year veteran has had a fairly non-descript training camp thus far. Or has he? Just because David hasn’t made the splash plays we’ve all become accustomed to seeing doesn’t mean that he isn’t doing his job. A lot of times in coverage David just simply erases the guy he’s in charge of covering. While David has been fairly quiet at the start of training camp, it’s only a matter of time before the big plays come. And even if they don’t come until the regular season that’s fine because of the caliber of player that David is, which is one of the greatest playmakers in Bucs history.