Tampa Bay Buccaneers Can’t Find a W
No one really knew what to make of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2009 NFL season. Would they continue to improve on their winning season or would they head in the opposite direction?
This was a strong team that made the playoffs in 2007, but one that faltered a bit in 2008, slipping in terms of both offense and defense.
The old saying is that if you have two quarterbacks you have no quarterbacks - that is the case with the Bucs. Byron Leftwich and Josh Johnson are average QB’s at best, no much more.
Not scoring any points in an NFL game just shows you how offensively challenged the Bucs are - that is what happened to the Bucs in week 3 against the New York Giants. The Giants did what they wanted and the Bucs had no answers the entire game. The defense is just as bad as the offense giving up more then 30 points a game.
RB Cadillac Williams was a rising star in the NFL a few seasons ago. In 05′ Williams ran for over 1,100 yards in– games but injuries have put his progression as a RB on hold. 07′ - 08′ Williams only played in 10 games, scored 7 touchdowns and rushed for 441 yards.
Things didn’t exactly work out this way for the Bucs. The Cowboys jumped out to an early lead and never really looked back, taking the game by a score of 34-21.
QB Josh Johnson has been named the started of the Bucs - while it’s too early to say what he is made of - if the Bucs were confident in his abilities he would have been named the starter over Leftwich to begin with.
An 0-3 start would be far from ideal for Tampa Bay, but with a game against the Giants, it may be in the cards.
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