In the days leading into the 2017 and 2018 NFL seasons, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a lot of pre-season hype, made big splashy moves and were selected to make an appearance as HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series. It netted them zero wins. The team that finished 5-11 in 2017, finished 5-11 in 2018.
If you want to take it one layer deeper, it actually cost the team four wins as they dropped from 9-7 in 2016. Either way, making the argument the Bucs are either regressing or stagnating certainly has some win-loss statistical support.