Tampa Bay was without its top two running backs last Sunday against the 49ers. Both Doug Martin and Charles Sims were out, and the Bucs were going to have rely on Jacquizz Rodgers and Peyton Barber to get the ground game going. Despite going deep on the running back depth chart, the Bucs' ground game dominated. Taking away a quarterback kneel, Tampa Bay ran the ball 40 times for 250 yards.
It was a dominant performance. And it was dominant from the first drive of the game. The Bucs opened the game with four straight runs.