THE GOOD
5 Sacks
Dekota Watson is earning his spot, Crowder got another one, Da’Quan Bowers collected one.
THE BAD
The lack of big plays on offense
My fear has been realized. The Bucs are counting on big plays from Mike Williams, Dez Briscoe and Arrelious Benn. Unfortunately, Briscoe has little experience and Benn is not a lock to be 100% this year after ACL surgery. The Bucs should have lured in a talented, second-tier WR in free agency. They still could.
THE UGLY
The penalties
21 first downs in a regular season game usually means at least 24 points. However, they only got 17 and punted 9 times because of 15 penalties for 135 yards.
Third-down
3/14, thanks to the penalties putting them at 3rd-and-long.