Due to hurricane Irma, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were forced to swap their week one game to week eleven, and play the Chicago Bears in week two as a season opener. So for this first By the Box Preview, I will use the Bucs’ 2016 stats. The Bucs are returning the same coaching staff, thus the philosophies should remain similar, and the production should as well.
Bears Defense
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The Bears took on the most prolific scoring offense from last year with the Atlanta Falcons in week 1, who scored 33.