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Worst position group
No one should have a big issue with the Bucs deciding to revamp their offensive line from a year ago. It was time to move on from Donald Penn, Davin Joseph and Jeremy Zuttah. Last year's offense was ineffective, and a big reason why was that the line was not very good.
The major problem with the Bucs this season is a horrible offensive line. But it's not that the team let go of good players; it simply replaced them with bad ones. Anthony Collins, Evan Dietrich-Smith, Logan Mankins and the rest just haven't panned out. Blame GM Jason Licht and coach Lovie Smith for that.
On Sunday, the Bucs rushed for only 26 yards on 14 carries. That's 57 yards below their game average, which already was 29th in the 32-team league. Meantime, McCown was sacked six times and was hit hard so many other times that he must have felt like a bumper car.
After the game, Fox announcer Michael Strahan said, "He got hit, and (fellow Fox analyst Terry) Bradshaw said, 'Oh, he's going to feel that tomorrow.' No, he's going to feel that now.''
For the second consecutive offseason, the Bucs' focus seems to be on the same: fix the quarterback position, but only after they repair a leaky offensive line.
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