Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans look ahead to the 2009 season without much hope of anything good happening. The Bucs rank among the worst defensively and offensively, and the future looks bleak. The Bucs potentially had some Hall of Famers on their team 7 years ago, now they’re just looking to avoid a 3-win season. Former head coach Jon Gruden is now broadcasting for Monday Night Football; he no longer has to deal with the Bucs team.
Not scoring any points in an NFL game just goes to show how offensively challenged the Bucs are — that’s 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 than 30 points a game.
Head coach Raheem Morris, at 33, is one of the youngest head coaches in football. Some may believe he is too young, but to save money, teams will spend less on a young coach rather than pay the high price of a coach with Super Bowl wins. Head coach Mike Tomlin is the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl, he was just 36 years old.
The Bucs find a capable quarterback and build their defense once again if they ever hope to return to being a force in the NFC South like they once were. Quarterback Josh Johnson has been named the Bucs’ starter, though it’s too early to tell what he’s made of, if the Bucs trusted his abilities, he would have been named the starter over Leftwich to begin with.
The Bucs are headed for a painful season if they can’t get the ball into the end zone and let opposing offenses score at will.