Well I had nothing better to do last night.
Buccanears were a surprise team last year finishing 10 and 6. How did they do that when the experts predicted a sub .500 record well I worked last night and broke it down...
Josh Freeman emerged as a leader at Qb with 25 Tds and only 6 pics, plus his rushing numbers weren't bad either. Rb LaGarrette Blount also contributed nicely with a 1000 yard season in 13 games.
Statistically the Bucs are average across the board yardage wise in team defense and team offense. They rank near the bottom in getting to the opposing qbs hence the reason they draft two DEs with their first two picks. On paper this is an ordinary team but the biggest difference for the Bucs was their + 9 takeaways last year and at opportune times add in that non conference schedule and the automatic 2 carolina wins last year and you have a 10 win team. So onto THIS year.
Positives: the team has rising stars in Freeman, Blount, and Williams at wr. 2 rookie DEs with tons of talent and a notion of winning.
Negatives: the stars are young and can you expect Freeman to do better than last year, especially with a receiving core nobody is afraid of. Add in the tougher schedule, they play the NFC north instead of the west this year, and will they be able to take advantage turnover wise like last year.
I have nothing against the Bucs and actual pull for the old Nfc central Team to win their division just think with higher expectations come for a little let down considering the strength of schedule, lack of pass rush, ordinary team stats, and the unlikeliness of Freeman to duplicate last years td to int ratio and the Tampa d to create as many turnovers that above .500 will be extremely difficult. 8 - 8 if not worse
Buccanears were a surprise team last year finishing 10 and 6. How did they do that when the experts predicted a sub .500 record well I worked last night and broke it down...
Josh Freeman emerged as a leader at Qb with 25 Tds and only 6 pics, plus his rushing numbers weren't bad either. Rb LaGarrette Blount also contributed nicely with a 1000 yard season in 13 games.
Statistically the Bucs are average across the board yardage wise in team defense and team offense. They rank near the bottom in getting to the opposing qbs hence the reason they draft two DEs with their first two picks. On paper this is an ordinary team but the biggest difference for the Bucs was their + 9 takeaways last year and at opportune times add in that non conference schedule and the automatic 2 carolina wins last year and you have a 10 win team. So onto THIS year.
Positives: the team has rising stars in Freeman, Blount, and Williams at wr. 2 rookie DEs with tons of talent and a notion of winning.
Negatives: the stars are young and can you expect Freeman to do better than last year, especially with a receiving core nobody is afraid of. Add in the tougher schedule, they play the NFC north instead of the west this year, and will they be able to take advantage turnover wise like last year.
I have nothing against the Bucs and actual pull for the old Nfc central Team to win their division just think with higher expectations come for a little let down considering the strength of schedule, lack of pass rush, ordinary team stats, and the unlikeliness of Freeman to duplicate last years td to int ratio and the Tampa d to create as many turnovers that above .500 will be extremely difficult. 8 - 8 if not worse
