It may be only Week 3, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a lot of issues to fix on offense.
It may be only Week 3, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a lot of issues to fix on offense.
The Buccaneers fell to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 14-12 in Tampa for their first loss of the season. And while the offense certainly has some excuses considering Tampa Bay was missing their top three receivers — Chris Godwin, Mike Evans and Julio Jones — there’s no excuse for the 12-point output.
Outside of their final drive in which they drove 89 yards down the field, the Buccaneers were stagnant all game long. In fact, Tampa Bay averaged just 4.8 yards per play versus the Packers. Prior to their last drive, the Bucs averaged just 4.0 yards per play.
Through the first three games, the previously high-powered Buccaneers are only averaging 17 points per game. That is a stark decline from the 2021 Buccaneers squad that averaged 30.1 points per game. For comparison purposes, the 2021 Seattle Seahawks ranked 16th in the league in scoring and averaged 23.2 points per game. The Buccaneers’ 17.0 point-per-game average would have ranked 29th in the league last season.
Outside of the lack of healthy receivers, the departures of Rob Gronkowski and Antonio Brown are clearly having an effect on the firepower of this offensive unit. Secondly, the offensive line continues to be in shambles as Tampa Bay attempted to replace four of their five starting offensive linemen from last season entering this game.
